What's the best way to reveal what an exoplanet is made of? Wait for it to get gravitationally shredded and engulfed by its ...

An international team of astronomers has identified a rare, potentially habitable super-Earth just 19.5 light-years from ...

Experiments at high temperatures and pressures reveal chemistry that can generate water on the surface of exoplanets ...

Using JWST, scientists mapped WASP-18b’s atmosphere in 3D, revealing blazing regions where water molecules split apart.

Learn how exoplanets are discovered, what makes planets beyond our solar system unique, and how they drive the ongoing search ...

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 ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope produced the first 3D atmospheric map of exoplanet WASP-18b, an ultra-hot Jupiter 400 light-years away.

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a main guiding principle. “All life on Earth needs liquid water, no matter ...

According to the researchers, because it is rocky and located in the star's habitable zone, it may be habitable.

A team from the University of Maryland and Cornell University developed the first three-dimensional temperature map of ...

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to create the first-ever 3D map of an exoplanet, WASP-18b. The planet's extreme heat is believed to disintegrate water.