Space.com

How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together

The TOI-1130 system features a rare example of a hot Jupiter exoplanet joined by another world rather than being on its own. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
New Scientist

10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data

Astronomers have identified more than 10,000 candidate planets in data from a NASA telescope, the most ever found in a single haul. NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was launched in ...
Science Daily

This “forbidden” exoplanet has an atmosphere scientists can’t explain

A strange “forbidden” planet spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope is turning planetary science on its head. TOI-5205 b, a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a small, cool star, has an atmosphere ...
KXAN

10,000 new planets? Researchers find hidden worlds in NASA telescope data

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Space just got a lot more crowded: scientists said they’ve uncovered about 10,000 new exoplanet candidates hidden in NASA data. A new research paper published this month in the ...
Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet's surface for the 1st time: 'We see a dark, hot, barren rock'

"This kind of deciphering the geological properties of planets orbiting distant stars is the next step in unveiling their nature." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
Science Daily

Webb spots first hints of atmosphere on a potentially habitable world

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away that could harbor liquid water. Early data suggests hints of ...
C&EN

Where does the search for signs of extraterrestrial life go from here?

This April, news reports linked the stinky gas dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet called K2-18b to possible life on it. The reports, prompted by work led by astronomer ...
Forbes

There Are 45 Earth-Like Worlds Where Aliens May Exist, Scientists Say

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. An artist's impression of a theoretical planet orbiting a redder star, which could cause ...
USA Today

'Make Pluto a planet again,' NASA chief says at US senate hearing

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has reiterated his support for Pluto to be reclassified as a planet. Pluto was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006 because it has not cleared its orbital path of ...
Nature

‘Make Pluto a planet again’? NASA chief revives debate that divides astronomers

Many of us are old enough to have grown up with the idea of nine planets orbiting the Sun. In 2006, however, a controversial decision in the astronomy community resulted in the official list being cut ...
Scientific American

NASA chief Jared Isaacman hints at campaign to make Pluto a planet again

Could Pluto be repromoted to planetary status? On Tuesday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman told a Senate committee hearing that he is “very much in the camp of make Pluto a planet again.” NASA is ...