Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets that have been confirmed so far and many more thousands of candidates, most orbit stars the ...

WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...

Roman was similarly designed with a focused set of science goals, including exploring an uncharted region of exoplanet ...

Most astronomers agree that life is likely common throughout the universe. While Earth is the only world known to have life, ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of two new exoplanets, a few times more massive than Earth, ...

Webb Space Telescope reveals a surprisingly clear atmosphere on planet TOI-421 b, helping scientists understand the evolution ...

In addition to her renowned research and publications, Hsieh serves as the director of the Brain Health Consortium and chair ...

Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class ...

The SPHEREx mission will map the universe in both optical and near-infrared light. In the month since arriving at its orbit ...

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The mission team knows Lunar Trailblazer's precise position thanks to ground-based tracking, NASA officials said the update.

K2-18b is an exoplanet that is nearly nine times the size of Earth, according to NASA. K2-18b is a Hycean exoplanet since it has the potential of possessing a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and an ...