TOI-3493 b, a sub-Neptune exoplanet detected by TESS, is over three times Earth's radius and about nine times its mass, with a bulk density of 1.47 g/cm 3. It orbits a G-type star every 8.16 days ...

How can astronomers develop better methods for blocking the intense starlight of an exoplanetary system and reveal the exoplanets hiding underneath the glare? This is what a recent study published in ...

Here's everything to know about the discovery, the exoplanet and the search for life in the cosmos. A strong possibility exists that extraterrestrial life can be found on a distant exoplanet known ...

Joseph Twicken, Senior Data Scientist at the SETI Institute, with its 2025 Carl Sagan Center (CSC) Director’s Award. Now serving as the Lead Data Scientist in the TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey ...

Scientists discover life-sustaining molecules in exoplanet K2-18b’s atmosphere – Located 124 light-years away, using NASA’s JWST Scientists have detected molecules associated with biological ...

Astronomers have observed a rocky planet rapidly disintegrating near its star, trailing a comet-like tail of mineral dust. This phenomenon provides a rare glimpse into the fate of exoplanets. Only ...

It will block a tiny amount of the light. Looking at the atmosphere of an exoplanet is even more difficult. Scientists use spectroscopy to do this. The light coming out of the star can be observed ...

A research group has succeeded for the first time in investigating the three-dimensional structure of an exoplanet's atmosphere. This has now been announced by the European Southern Observatory ...