Located in the constellation Ursa Major, roughly 300 light-years from Earth, is the Sun-like star HD 118203 (Liesma). In 2006,…
The JWST keeps one-upping itself. In the telescope's latest act of outdoing itself, it examined a distant exoplanet to map…
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters used data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Mid-Infrared…
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters examines a rare alloy molecule known as chromium hydride (CrH) and…
In a recent study published in Science Advances, a team of researchers commissioned the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), which is designed…
Mercury is the speed champion in our Solar System. It orbits the Sun every 88 days, and its average speed…
In a recent study, an international team of astronomers directly measured the atmospheric composition of a hot Jupiter hundreds of…
A new study led by Princeton researchers has confirmed that in the long run, hot Jupiters are destined to be…
The Next Generation Transit Survey recently discovered a hot-Jupiter with the shortest orbital period observed to date, just 18 hours!
The discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet around a red dwarf star has caused astronomers to rethink some of their theories…