Citizen scientists have spotted a truly remarkable planet in a binary system's habitable zone. They gave a Harry ...

"WASP-43b is a reminder of the vast range of climates that are possible on exoplanets and the many ways in which Earth is ...

Dec. 7, 2023 — The extrasolar planets Kepler-1625b and Kepler-1708b are supposedly the home worlds of the first known exomoons. A new study now comes to a different ... Discovery of Planet Too ...

Despite excitement last year, the James Webb Space Telescope probably hasn't detected life on a distant super-Earth exoplanet ...

The search for extrasolar planets is currently undergoing a seismic shift. With the deployment of the Kepler Space Telescope ...

I cover aerospace, astronomy and host The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. How rare are extrasolar earthlike planets around sunlike stars? The latest best estimate puts that number as roughly one ...

Thus, he admits that the chances of finding intelligent life on such a heavily land-dominated extrasolar earth, are probably smaller than then on our own planet. Yet we too may end up land dominated.

The first images of an extrasolar radiation belt were obtained by combining 39 radio telescopes to form a virtual telescope spanning the globe from Hawaii to Germany. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

WASP-12b is a planet on a date with a fiery destiny, doomed to plunge into its sun-like star. Scientists may finally know why ...

What first appears to be a send-up of classic science fiction is in fact a thorough examination of the real-world science behind the sensationalism. In the pilot episode, the physics behind a ...

The JWST is flexing its muscles with its interferometry mode. Researchers used it to study a well-known extrasolar system ...

We search for extrasolar planets and determine their properties. We develop models that describe the atmospheres of the planets. We want to find out what makes a planet favourable to life. Through ...