Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search ...

A team of astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first 3D atmospheric map of an exoplanet. The fiery WASP-18b, a massive “ultra-hot Jupiter,” revealed striking temperature ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

Astronomers have recently unlocked a new frontier in exoplanet exploration, generating the first 3D map of a distant world.

The first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star reveals an atmosphere with distinct temperature zones.

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with ...

Astronomers have generated the first three-dimensional map of a planet orbiting another star, revealing an atmosphere with ...

Stronger links between researchers who work on Earth’s and other planets’ atmospheres, and between the experimental, ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the few potentially habitable worlds close enough and positioned just right for the next ...

A new exoplanet candidate has just burst onto the scene, and it may be one of the best alien worlds yet on which to search ...

Webb just spotted a carbon-rich moon factory 625 light-years away, revealing how moons like ours may have first taken shape.