The Kepler space telescope is the source of more exoplanet discoveries than any other telescope, so why haven't we heard ...
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered that aging stars in their so-called ...
The JWST has detected hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane, and dimethyl sulfide in the atmosphere of a habitable sub-Neptune, ...
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When stars like the Sun run out of hydrogen in their cores, fusion slows and the outer layers balloon outward. The star can ...
A new study using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has overturned long-held beliefs about mini-Neptune exoplanets. Earlier, scientists assumed these planets—smaller than Neptune but ...
Astronomers have discovered that aging stars may be devouring their closest giant planets as they swell into red giants.
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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.
A 3D map of planet WASP-18b reveals extreme heat zones and broken water vapor in its atmosphere for the first time.