exoplanets
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,…
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.…
Astronomers Capture a Direct Image of a Brown Dwarf
The field of exoplanet photography is just getting underway, with astronomers around the world striving to capture clear images of…
If We Used the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Telescope, This is What a Planet at Proxima Centauri Would Look Like
A recent study shows how the Sun could be used as a gravitational lens to take direct images of nearby…
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…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” XII: What is the Waterworlds Hypothesis?
Is it possible that the reason we haven't heard from any aliens is because there's too much water out there?
Based on Kepler Data, There’s a 95% Chance of an Earth-Like Planet Within 20 Light-Years
Combining data from the retired Kepler mission with the Gaia Observatory, a team of scientists have produced new estimates for…
The Youngest Stellar Disk Ever Seen, Just 500,000 Years Old
Unless you’re reading this in an aircraft or the International Space Station, then you’re currently residing on the surface of…
The Color of Habitable Worlds
“This is where we live. On a Blue Dot.” said Carl Sagan when the now famous Pale Blue Dot photo…
Planets Don’t Wait for Their Star to Form First
It looks like we may have to update our theories on how stars and planets form in new solar systems.…