At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

This shift is grounded in how scientists interpret the atmospheric data of distant planets, especially chemical markers like ...

The exploration and study of exoplanets have advanced significantly in recent years, leading scientists to reconsider how these distant worlds are classified. As our understanding deepens, so does the ...

NASA has confirmed that there are over 6,000 exoplanets floating out there in the galaxy, with another 8,000 exoplanets that are still waiting to be discovered.

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(Nanowerk News) Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have observed a rare type of exoplanet, or planet outside our solar system, whose atmospheric composition challenges our ...

A Neptune-sized planet closely orbiting its host star has just been discovered, making it only the fourth object of its kind ever identified. Scientists detected the planet, designated TOI-3261 b, ...

What can theoretical models teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets? This is what a recent funding grant from the National Science Foundation hopes to address as a Dr. Diego ...

"It was just a matter of time before we found them." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Thirty years ago, on Oct. 6, 1995, the very ...