A new paper led by a York University professor and published today in Nature Astronomy introduces a simple theoretical ...

Espinoza is a leader in the new massive James Webb Space Telescope study of rocky worlds, specifically to find out if planets ...

It’s a direct glimpse of the hot region where rocky planets like Earth are born,” said Melissa McClure of Leiden Observatory ...

A team of astronomers led by Macquarie University has monitored the orbital decay of an extreme exoplanet to gain new ...

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a ...

“We’ve captured a direct glimpse of the hot region where rocky planets like Earth are born around young protostars,” said ...

Researchers may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet ...

An artist's concept of 55 Cancri e and its sun. The star is much closer to its sun than any planet in our solar system, so it is too hot to support life. NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI) ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted the earliest ever signs of planets being born around a star.

Rocky planets that have had, or perhaps even still do have, magma oceans on their surface can draw large amounts of water down into their core.© ESO/L. Calçada ...