Artist’s impression of HAT-P-11b, an exoplanet orbiting its host star at just one-twentieth of the distance from the Earth to the sun. Credit: Denis Bajram/University…
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An artist’s impression of a free-floating planet. Using observations and archival data from several of NSF’s NOIRLab’s observatories, together with observations from telescopes around the…
NASA’s Kepler mission discovered the approximately 10-hour transit of a Mars-sized exoplanet orbiting the M-dwarf star KOI-4777. The proximity of the planet to its host…
This artist’s impression shows an example of a rogue planet with the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex visible in the background. Rogue planets have masses comparable…
Artist impression of an exoplanet system. Credit: ESA ESA and Airbus have signed a contract to move forward with the design and construction of the…
Credit: Caltech New planetary candidates found by sifting through archival Kepler Telescope data. A fully automated exoplanetAn exoplanet (or extrasolar planet) is a planet that…
Searching for exoplanetary systems. Credit: ESA–C. Carreau ESA’s trifecta of dedicated exoplanetAn exoplanet (or extrasolar planet) is a planet that is outside the Solar System,…
The exoplanet GJ 367b orbits its star in an extremely short time. Only 8 hours, then a year has passed on this planet. We don’t…
This image shows the most massive planet-hosting star pair to date, b Centauri, and its giant planet b Centauri b. This is the first time…
‘Eggshell planets’ are rocky worlds that have an ultra-thin outer brittle layer and little to no topography. Here, an artist’s rendition of such an exoplanet.…
An illustration of a red dwarf star orbited by an exoplanet. Credit: NASA/ESA/G. Bacon (STScI) An international team of researchers has discovered a new planet,…
The exoplanet GJ 367b orbits its star in an extremely short time. Only 8 hours, then a year has passed on this planet. We don’t…
‘Eggshell planets’ are rocky worlds that have an ultra-thin outer brittle layer and little to no topography. Here, an artist’s rendition of such an exoplanet.…
The newly discovered planet is relatively close to its star, at a distance of only about 1.5 million miles out. Credit: NASA, ESA and G.…
Astronomers Discover More Than 300 Possible New Exoplanets Using Advanced Planet Detection Algorithm
UCLA researchers identified 366 new exoplanets using data from the Kepler Space Telescope, including 18 planetary systems similar to the one illustrated here, Kepler-444, which…
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 Fragile orbits of seven…
Over 4,5000 planets have been found around other stars, but scientists expect that our galaxy contains millions of planets. There are multiple methods for detecting…
The internal compositions of rocky exoplanets correlate with that of their host stars, according to a new study, but not 1:1. This suggests that planet…
Artist’s illustration of a Super-Earth planet. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/Tim Pyle Could life survive around the nearest stars? In collaboration with the Breakthrough Initiative, Saber Astronautics,…
Illustration showing what exoplanet GJ 1214 b could look like based on current information. GJ 1214 b, a warm sub-Neptune-sized exoplanet roughly 48 light-years from…