exoplanets
TESS has Resumed Normal Operations
NASA has announced that TESS is back online and resumed normal operations!
Earthlike Worlds With Oceans and Continents Could be Orbiting red Dwarfs, Detectable by James Webb
"Go then, there are other worlds than these." Or so Stephen King said in his famous Dark Tower series. As…
TESS Finds a Super-Earth and two Mini-Neptunes in a Single System
A recent study based on TESS data has revealed a three-planet system (two mini-Neptunes and a Super-Earth) just over 200…
Life can Thrive Around Even the Smallest Stars
By simulating the light of small stars, we now know life can survive on planets orbiting them.
It Appears That Enceladus is Even More Habitable Than we Thought
It takes a watery world to support life as we know it, but it also takes a special bit extra.
If Jupiter's Orbit got Weirder, it Would Actually Make Earth More Habitable
Jupiter has helped sustain life on Earth, but it might have done a better job with a more eccentric orbit.
A Planet has Been Found That Shifts In and Out of the Habitable Zone
A super-Earth planet has been found orbiting a red dwarf star, only 37 light-years from the Earth. Named Ross 508…
JWST Finds a Clear, Unambiguous Signal for Carbon Dioxide in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
An early – and exciting -- science result from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was announced today: the first…
When Stars eat Their Planets, the Carnage can be Seen Billions of Years Later
Lithium is the key to determining whether a star has eaten a planet.
Astronomers Have a New Way to Find Exoplanets in Cataclysmic Binary Systems
Have you heard of LU Camelopardalis, QZ Serpentis, V1007 Herculis and BK Lyncis? No, they're not members of a boy…