"The complexity of the exo-Neptunian landscape provides offers a unique window onto the processes involved in the formation ...

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like ...

Much like the murky waters of the deep ocean, the unpredictable fluidity of Earth’s atmosphere can distort any light that ...

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With all three missions on the go at the same ... will release their catalogue of exoplanet candidates discovered via a technique known as astrometry, which relates to the position and motion of stars ...

NASA has confirmed 6,000 exoplanets, marking a major milestone in humanity’s quest to understand other worlds. From gas giants hugging their stars to planets covered in lava or clouds of gemstones, ...