Exoplanets
It's Starting to Look Like Super-Earths Really are Just Great big Terrestrial Planets
New research shows there is a divide between how gas planets and rocky worlds form.
Super-Earth Conditions Simulated in the Lab to Discover if They’re Habitable
Researchers recently simulated what geological conditions would be like on Super-Earths, and found that a few known exoplanets are worth…
A new Class of Exoplanets can Shrink, From Subneptunes Into Superearths
Mighty planets can be whittled down, leaving behind only their rocky cores, becoming nothing bigger than superearths. While astronomers had…
Exoplanetary System Found With 6 Worlds in Orbital Resonance
200 light-years away from Earth, there's a K-type main-sequence star named TOI (TESS Object of Interest) 178. When Adrian Leleu,…
Astronomers Find a Planet Like Jupiter, but It Doesn’t Have any Clouds
Can you picture Jupiter without any observable clouds or haze? It isn't easy since Jupiter's latitudinal cloud bands and its…
One of the Oldest Stars in the Galaxy has a Planet. Rocky Planets Were Forming at Nearly the Beginning of the Universe
Would it be surprising to find a rocky planet that dates back to the very early Universe? It should be.…
Planets are Finally Being Discovered Orbiting Farther From Their Stars
We don't know much about exoplanets with long orbital periods, but we're starting to learn.
Stellar Flares May Not Condemn a Planet’s Habitability
Red dwarf stars are the most common kind of star in our neighbourhood, and probably in the Milky Way. Because…
Radio Emissions Have Been Detected from an Exoplanet
Invisible Glow Finding planets out in the Universe is pretty hard. I say this despite the fact that two planets…
Heard of Mini-Neptunes and gas-Dwarfs? Here's a new one: sub-Earths
A new study suggests that planets smaller than Earth form much later than large planets, which could point to a…