The James Webb Space Telescope has provided groundbreaking insights into a new type of exoplanet, fundamentally different ...

The exoplanet Enaiposha (GJ 1214 b), previously thought to be a mini-Neptune, has been reclassified as a "Super-Venus" ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...

A new paper suggests that looking for ... back to the original life-spewing planet. "By clustering planets based on their observed characteristics, and examining the spatial extent of these ...

The new planet's discovery is detailed in a ... of that decrease gives clues to the planet's size and other characteristics. Planets transit when they complete an orbit around their star, but ...

The innermost Earth-like planet in the famous TRAPPIST-1 system might be capable of supporting a thick atmosphere after all, according to new research ... of the unusual characteristics of ...

This new type of celestial collision uncovered by Denton and her colleagues could shed light on how planets form and ... Charon-forming impact — or the characteristics of Pluto and the impactor ...

A new study led by researchers ... According to the most widely held astronomical model (the nebular hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust and gas (aka a nebula) that ...