Exoplanets

The mystery of an unusually inflated planet has been solved with data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Astronomers around the world do a double-take on the most promising potentially habitable planet.

An international team of scientists discovers two potentially habitable planets orbiting a red dwarf star 137 light-years away.

Astrophysicists have discovered a bizarre planet with clouds of sand over 200 light years away.

Astronomers recently observed a planet being eaten by its star. In billions of years, the Earth will experience the same fate.

How do you introduce yourself, scientifically? I generally say that I’m an astronomer. More specifically, I’m an exoplanet astronomer, meaning I study planets that exist around other stars. In our solar system, all the planets orbit the Sun. I’m…

The recent discovery of Earth-like planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system has been a major headline for the past few weeks. A team led by Michael Gillon found three planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system in 2016, and recently reported at least 4 more which may…