Extrasolar Planets
The PLATO Mission Could be the Most Successful Planet Hunter Ever
A new study estimates how many exoplanets the ESA's PLATO mission will discover during its four-year run, with encouraging results!
Astronomers Find an Earth-Sized World That May Be Carpeted in Volcanoes
Astronomers think they've found an extrasolar planet covered in volcanoes like Jupiter's moon Io, but this world is about the…
JWST Tries to Untangle the Signals of Water. Is it Coming From the Planet or the Star?
Using Webb, a team of scientists may have detected water vapor in a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere (though the signal may…
The Next Generation of Telescopes Will Tell Us About the Weather on Other Worlds
A study shows how next-generation Extremely Large Telescopes are going to let astronomers get a glimpse of what's going on…
Moons Orbiting Rogue Planets Could be Habitable
A new study reveals how rogue planets could have "Ocean World" moons that may support life.
A New Mission Will Search for Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri
The TOLIMAN space telescope will search for exoplanets next door, and has contracted with EnduroSat to make that happen.
Sci-Fi Christmas is Ruined! Planet Vulcan Doesn’t Exist
According to a new study, the exoplanet 40 Eridani b (aka. "Vulcan") was a false positive. Bad news for Star…
Do Red Dwarfs Provide Enough Sunlight for Plants to Grow?
A new study has shown the photosynthesis can take place on planets orbiting Red Dwarfs.
Astronomers Suspected There Should Be a Planet Here, and Then They Took a Picture of it
Two teams independently discovered a super-Jupiter around a nearby Sun-like star using astrometry and direct imaging.
59 New Planets Discovered in Our Neighborhood
The CARMENESE Consortium just released the first collection of data, which revealed 59 new exoplanets and doubled the number of…