Exoplanet

How Are Exoplanets Detected?

Astronomers detect exoplanets through transits, stellar wobble, direct imaging, microlensing, astrometry and timing signals, then use follow-up observations to rule out…

What Can Exoplanet Atmospheres Tell Us?

Exoplanet atmospheres can reveal molecules, temperatures, clouds, circulation and clues to a planet’s formation, climate and possible habitability by imprinting chemical…

What Is the Nearest Exoplanet to Earth?

Proxima Centauri b is the nearest confirmed exoplanet to Earth known today, orbiting Proxima Centauri a little more than four light-years from our solar system.

What Makes an Exoplanet Potentially Habitable?

A potentially habitable exoplanet is a world where known conditions could allow environments suitable for life as we understand it; being in a star’s habitable zone is o…

What Are Exoplanets?

Exoplanets are planets beyond our solar system. They range from small rocky worlds to giant planets and can orbit stars very different from the Sun.

How Do Astronomers Detect Exoplanets?

Astronomers usually detect exoplanets indirectly, by measuring how a planet changes the light, motion, or gravitational behavior of its host star.

NASA-MIT announce unbelievable 'world of giants'

Extremely rare new planet revealed, 1 year equals 21 Earth hours

TOI-3261b is located in the constellation Hydrus and belongs to a class of planets that were thought impossible to form.

The mystery of lonely planets as big as Earth wandering in the Milky Way

An upcoming NASA telescope could discover more than 400 lonely Earth-sized planets wandering the Milky Way.

Habitable planet discovered 40 light years from Earth

Scientists have discovered an exoplanet called Gliese 12 b in the constellation Pisces that has conditions suitable for life.

The Deadly Truth About How the Earth May Have Come to Be

An Earth twice as large is impossible, because astronomers have just found a dead planet desert.

Discovery of 'dry bone' planet containing terrifying secrets

A newly discovered exoplanet has revealed completely absurd properties, leaving scientists baffled and contemplating terrifying scenarios about its past.

Terrifying discovery near Earth: Planet 'stolen soul'

Around an orange dwarf star just 130 light years from Earth, scientists have discovered a type of planet that has never been seen before and is difficult to explain.

Strange exoplanet discovered, only as big as Neptune but denser than steel

An exoplanet the size of Neptune and denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers.

Super Earth discovered with record density

A lead-heavy exoplanet, possibly the leftover core of a giant sphere that flew too close to its sun, has just been discovered.