TESS detects two new Jupiter-sized exoplanets orbiting dwarf stars

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and ...

After 30 Years of Discovery, These Are Astronomers’ Top Five Exoplanets

Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like ...
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6,000 and counting: The next 30 years in the search for exoplanets

An example of an exoplanet's light curve as it transits its star, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument. | Credit: NASA, ESA, ...
Nature

These alien planets are astronomers’ favourites: here’s why

Nature asked some astronomers about their favourite exoplanets — and got a wide range of suggestions. At the top of many recommendation lists are the two — or possibly three — small planets that orbit ...
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Planet Formation Tied to Life and Death Cycles of Nearby Stars

How can timing influence planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical ...
Science Daily

Webb spots first hints of atmosphere on a potentially habitable world

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope are unraveling the mysteries of TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away that could harbor liquid water. Early data suggests hints of ...
USA Today

NASA’s Webb telescope gets a never-before-seen look at how moons form on exoplanets

The team of astronomers behind the find suggested it could help us better understand planet and moon formation in our solar system and beyond the Milky Way. The team was able to make the first-ever ...