Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...

What happens to planets as their stars age and come closer to death? This is what a recent study published in the Monthly ...

Astronomers have discovered phosphine gas in the atmosphere of an ancient brown dwarf, Wolf 1130C, using the James Webb Space ...

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Researchers at McGill University and collaborating institutions have mapped the atmospheric features of a planetary-mass ...

Phosphorus is one of six essential elements that make life on Earth possible. When it bonds with hydrogen, it forms phosphine (PH3), a highly toxic ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing ...

Researchers have successfully mapped the atmospheric features of a unique, planetary-mass brown dwarf, often referred to as a ...

Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.

A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.

When stars like the Sun run out of hydrogen in their cores, fusion slows and the outer layers balloon outward. The star can ...

A giant exoplanet orbiting a nearby dwarf star has been found in an ideal location for next-generation telescopes to search for potential signs of life. The discovery of a potential “super-Earth” loca ...