Scientists might have just found Earth's icy, distant cousin a few hundred million light-years away. HD 137010 b is one of ...

A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered groundbreaking insights into the world of sub-Neptunes, a class of exoplanets that have long puzzled astronomers. These small, gassy planets, although ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This artist’s concept depicts one possible appearance of the planet Kepler-452b, the first ...

Astronomers have launched a new program known as ATREIDES to study a mysterious "desert" in space. But unlike the deserts of the planet Arrakis conquered by Paul Atreides in the "Dune" novels by Frank ...

A new analytical transmission model incorporating pressure-dependent opacity improves interpretation of exoplanet atmospheres and supports data analysis from JWST and the upcoming ARIEL mission.

Astronomers want to collect as much data as possible using as many systems as possible. Sometimes that requires coordination ...

A team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected biosignatures in the atmosphere of a possible ocean world 124 light-years from the solar system. The scientists behind the ...

Discovered by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, Kepler-10c is a massive exoplanet that challenges existing theories about planetary formation and habitability. Dubbed a “mega-Earth,” this planet’s ...