Sub-Neptune planets are often covered in thick haze, making studying hard. However, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is ...

Astronomers find possible signs of alien life on massive, distance planet K2-18b. The exoplanet K2-18b is 8 times bigger than planet Earth. The claim about alien life involved data from NASA's ...

Exoplanets orbit stars outside of our solar system. Sub-Neptunes refer to planets between the size of our solar system's largest rocky planet, Earth, and the smallest gas giant, Neptune.

"If the ultimate result of this story is that the public is more circumspect about future claims of life detection, that's not a terrible thing." Recently, a team of University of Cambridge-led ...

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists. The planet, called WD 1856+534 b, is a gas giant exoplanet the size of ...

These May nights provide the skywatcher impressive views of galactic clusters unimpeded by the Milky Way, the chance to study ...

A recent discovery of a unique exoplanet continues to challenge our understanding of solar system dynamics as a recent study ...

It will block a tiny amount of the light. Looking at the atmosphere of an exoplanet is even more difficult. Scientists use spectroscopy to do this. The light coming out of the star can be observed ...

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...

Exoplanets orbit stars outside of our solar system. Sub-Neptunes refer to planets between the size of our solar system's largest rocky planet, Earth, and the smallest gas giant, Neptune.