The James Webb Space Telescope is peering across the universe to discover new things about planets, galaxies and other cosmic ...

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

That's because they're the best candidates for characterizing an atmosphere. As the exoplanet passes in front of the star, a ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

An international team of astronomers has confirmed the existence of K2-415b, an Earth-sized exoplanet circling an M dwarf ...

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 ...