Researchers use novel method to find a distant exoplanet
Astronomers view their combination of direct and indirect imaging as a breakthrough for future planetary discoveries.
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The Webb Telescope's first confirmed exoplanet is 99 percent the diameter of Earth
LHS 475 b is just 41 light years away.
James Webb Space Telescope detects carbon dioxide in a distant planet's atmosphere
It's the first evidence of the gas on a planet outside of our solar system.
Three 'known' Kepler exoplanets are more likely to be stars
They're simply too big to be planets.
Scientists study a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet's dark side in detail for the first time
Iron clouds and titanium rain, anyone?
3D map of an exoplanet's atmosphere may help find Earth-like worlds
You won't be visiting this particular planet.
Scientists describe a tiny, molten metal exoplanet in unprecedented detail
It's the smallest exoplanet ever described this way.
Astronomers may have spotted a planet in another galaxy for the first time
X-rays helped find the most distant exoplanet candidate to date.
Astronomers directly observe one of the youngest planets to date
It could speak volumes about planetary formation.
Planet orbiting a dead star previews our own solar system's fate
Astronomers discovered a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf.
NASA's TESS spacecraft has already found 2,200 possible planets
It's easily exceeding its original goal.
Scientists find a cloudless 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet with a four-day year
It could shed new light on planet formation.
NASA smallsat concepts will study galaxy evolution and exoplanets
A balloon mission will also detect neutrino signals.
Strange exoplanet discovery makes a case for the elusive 'Planet Nine'
The planet is the first of its kind known to have such an eccentric orbit.
Astronomers find the first known exposed core of a gas giant
How many licks to the center of a jovian world?
Scientists find an Earth-like planet hiding in old Kepler data
It's sitting in the habitable zone of a star studied years ago.
NASA decommissions Spitzer Space Telescope after 16 years of service
The James Webb Space Telescope will take its place next year.
Study casts doubt on the chances of life on watery alien planets
An extreme location on Earth didn't have clear evidence of life.
Scientists discover water vapor on an exoplanet with a rocky core
There may even be rain and clouds on planet K2-18 b.
