What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach astronomers about the planet’s formation, evolution, and composition?
Why is it important to know about exoplanets having their atmospheres stripped while orbiting F-type stars? This is what a ...
How do moons form around gas giant planets? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes ...
In a significant breakthrough, scientists have identified three Earth-sized exoplanets in a binary star system, potentially ...
According to the researchers, because it is rocky and located in the star's habitable zone, it may be habitable.
Tests on olivine hint that water-rich exoplanets could generate H2O internally, possibly explaining ocean worlds and even some of Earth’s early water.
The post Astronomers Spot The Closest Ever Identified Exoplanet In A Habitable Zone, And It’s In Our Nearest Star System ...
Astronomers discover a 3-billion-year-old white dwarf, LSPM J0207+3331, actively accumulationplanetary material long after its star’s death, revealing ongoing dynamics in ancient stellar remnants.
Scientists have studied our solar system, which is home to eight major planets and more than 400 known moons orbiting six of them, to understand the new phase of the moon formation observed around ...
Newly discovered multi-wavelength view of a stellar eruption on a young Sun-like star is changing how we think about life's ...
A trio of newly discovered exoplanets is defying the expectation that binary systems are hostile to planet formation, according to an international team of researchers.
Efforts to discover extraterrestrial life are increasingly engaging scientists. However, a recent study presents a rather pessimistic view about such a discovery. According to researchers, ...