This artist’s impression shows the super-Earth exoplanet 55 Cancri e in front of its parent star. 55 Cancri e is about 40 light-years away and…
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A futuristic technique conceptualized by Stanford University scientists could empower astronomical imaging far more advanced than what is presently possible. Credit: Alexander Madurowicz A futuristic…
This artist’s impression shows the view from the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultracool…
Hubble Space Telescope archival observations of 25 hot Jupiters have been analyzed by an international team of astronomers, enabling them to answer five open questions…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is a true technological marvel. The largest and most complex space telescope ever built, Webb is able to gather light…
This is an artist’s illustration of the planet KELT-20b which orbits a blue-white star. The giant planet is so close to its star (5 million…
There’s a huge amount of variety among exoplanets – planets outside our solar system. There are water worlds, lava planets, egg-shaped worlds, planets with multiple…
What do planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, look like? A variety of possibilities are shown in this illustration. Scientists discovered the first exoplanets…
How can we detect planets around other stars? Planets are very faint and small compared to the stars they orbit. To overcome this challenge, scientists…
Among thousands of known exoplanets, MIT astronomers have flagged three that are actually stars. Pictured is an artist’s interpretation of stars and planets. Credit: NASA…
This artist’s impression shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. K2-18b is now the only super-Earth exoplanet known…
Artist’s rendering of a Jupiter-sized exoplanet and its host star. Credit: ESO What’s Up for March? Meet the morning planets, the nearest star cluster, and…
During its first operating cycle, the James Webb Space TelescopeThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will complement…
This artist’s conception shows the fully unfolded James Webb Space Telescope in space. Credit: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, NASA Animator The James Webb Space TelescopeThe James…
The image is an illustration made by Amanda Smith of the 193cm telescope at the Observatoire de Haute-Provence which was used for this research. This…
Artist’s impression of Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars – what’s called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen…
This artist’s concept portrays the seven rocky exoplanets within the TRAPPIST-1 system, located 40 light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA and JPL/Caltech Five years ago, astronomers…
This artist’s impression shows Proxima d, a planet candidate recently found orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System.…
An artist’s impression of the white dwarf star WD1054–226 orbited by clouds of planetary debris and a major planet in the habitable zone. Credit: Mark…
This artist’s impression shows a close-up view of Proxima d, a planet candidate recently found orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star…