SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has recently discovered a rare exoplanet, whose composition has baffled scientists ...

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Earth exoplanets orbiting M-dwarf stars, identifying specific candidates that may have retained detectable atmospheres.

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This year NASA unveiled new discoveries beyond our solar system, the count has surpassed 6,000, with several thousands more ...

An exoplanet has been discovered orbiting Barnard's star by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. Barnard ...

A new discovery, made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), may just be the weirdest exoplanet yet, possessing an ...

A distant world with carbon in its atmosphere and extraordinarily high temperatures is unlike any other planet we’ve seen, ...

The year 2025 marked significant advancements in exoplanet science, revealing new discoveries and fresh perspectives on known ...