A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists. This planet orbits the star within the "Goldilocks zone"—a ...

First exomoon candidate is of monstrous proportions — the size of seven Neptunes

Astronomers may, for the first time, be confirming an exomoon in our universe, much like our moon, but outside our solar ...
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A giant helium cloud is escaping from a distant planet, and JWST just captured it!

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just made a fascinating discovery, capturing an exoplanet shedding its atmosphere ...

Astronomers Stunned: Hidden Star Found Inside “Impossible” Dust Zone

Drawing on the University of Arizona’s renowned strength in interferometry, astronomers from Steward Observatory are leading ...
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Can We Image Alien Earths? This Newfound Object Could Show the Way

Using direct imaging, astronomers have found a brown dwarf that could help test technology for taking snapshots of Earthlike ...

First discoveries from new Subaru Telescope program reveal massive planet and brown dwarf

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.