While finding exoplanets (meaning planets outside of our own solar system) is no longer a significant challenge, what is ...

Attempts to assess LHS 475 b's atmosphere have been made by analyzing its transmission spectrum, captured by Webb's NIRSpec instrument on Aug. 31, 2022. It is currently unknown whether the exoplanet ...

We've just found an exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth orbiting a tiny star not very far away at all. It's ...

The planet does have an atmosphere, though, meaning it qualifies for follow ... They then reviewed data from the Transiting ...

During a break from looking at planets around other stars, ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (Cheops) mission has ...

The differences between Earth and Venus are obvious to us. One is radiant with life and adorned with glittering seas, and the ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet about a few dozen light years away from Earth with conditions that could make ...

The planet has a mass similar to Earth's. According to an MPIA statement on Friday, out of over 5,000 exoplanets discovered ...

The hunt continues for exoplanets that might contain liquid water and are considered habitable. The latest is closer than ...

But that estimate assumes Wolf 1069b has an Earth-like atmosphere, and so far astronomers don’t have enough information about ...

Related: The 10 most Earth-like exoplanet For context, the planet Mercury ... we won't be able to further characterize its atmosphere using the transmission spectroscopy method (as is being currently ...