Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By studying chemical processes in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists are ...

We don’t know for sure, but the answer is inextricably linked to the moment when water first materialized in the cosmos — and ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

What can Venus-like exoplanets, also known as exoVenuses, teach us about our own solar system and potentially finding life ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

MAROON-X was specifically designed to detect tiny exoplanets orbiting red dwarf stars by detecting the minuscule ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor and thick clouds on LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune locked in a ...

Exoplanet hunters are particularly interested in rocky planets within habitable zones, the ideal distance from a star to sustain liquid water. Why? Because water is a prerequisite for life—and ...

Exoplanets discovered by the transit method ... orbiting their stars at distances that would allow liquid water to exist on their surfaces. To achieve this goal, astronomers require a much larger ...

The incredibly low density of TOI-1453 c suggests the exoplanet likely has a thick, hydrogen-rich atmosphere or a composition dominated by water. "This makes it an ideal candidate for future ...