Observations of Exoplanet WASP-69b has uncovered a 350,000-mile-long comet-like tail. The tail is a result of its escaping ...

A new analytical transmission model incorporating pressure-dependent opacity improves interpretation of exoplanet atmospheres and supports data analysis from JWST and the upcoming ARIEL mission.

Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons; more than 400 orbit the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets, asteroids, and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Of these, only a handful ...

More and more papers are coming out about the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). As the telescope moves from theory ...

NASA’s GNEISS rockets deliver a CT-like 3D look at Auroral electricity, revealing hidden currents that shape space weather ...

The curious minds at What If explore whether a specific exoplanet could potentially host alien life, considering atmosphere, ...

The first clue came from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, launched in 2018 to watch large areas of sky for tiny, repeating dips in starlight. Each dip marks a transit and reveals an ...

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to ...

Deep within the remote caves of New Mexico, a bright green wall has been discovered, untouched for an astonishing 49 million ...

A newly studied solar system breaks the usual planet pattern, raising fresh questions about how rocky and gas planets form.

Scientists have identified a rocky outer planet in a system where a gas giant was expected. The discovery challenges ...

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have for the first time identified hydrogen sulfide gas in the atmospheres of three gas-giant exoplanets orbiting HR 8799, a ...