Super Neptune Exoplanet Has Water Vapor In Its Atmosphere Providing Clues on the Gas Giants in the Solar System

Medicine & Technology Jan 14, 2022

Exoplanet TOI-674b first caught the attention of astronomers because it is big and orbits around a small star. Now, scientists discovered that its atmosphere has water vapor, which is unusual for a planet orbiting far from its star.

ExoMiner Deep Neural Network Finds 301 New Exoplanets Added to the Total Count of NASA's Kepler Mission

Nov 23, 2021

Scientists have used a new deep neural network that can distinguish real exoplanets from different types of imposters or false positives, adding to the 4,569 already validated planets orbiting distant stars.

NASA Discovered "Hot Jupiter" Exoplanet, Bigger But Less Massive Than Solar System's Largest Planet

Oct 12, 2021

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers were able to find an inflated, low density "hot Jupiter" exoplanet that has similar characteristics to the Solar System's biggest planet, Jupiter.

Astronomers Detected Clouds on Distant Exoplanet WASP-127b, Revealing the Upper Structure of Its Atmosphere

Sep 27, 2021

An international team of astronomers detected clouds on the exoplanet WASP-127b as they spot puffs of unknown composition floating above its upper atmosphere.

Earth's Atmosphere Seems to be 'Unique', No Other Exoplanets Could Compare

Jun 25, 2021

Earth's atmosphere could truly be rare. A study suggests that not many exoplanets could have similar or almost the same biosphere that Earth has due to a unique process that supports life.

Gaseous Planets Orbiting Bright Star Discovered: Citizen Scientists Finds Exoplanets With Sizes Like Neptune and Saturn

Jun 14, 2021

An otherworldly discovery has just been reported after a pair of gaseous planets was discovered orbiting the HD 152843 bright star.

Researchers Discover Jupiter-Like Exoplanet that has Complex Weather System

Feb 04, 2021

When it comes to outer space, weather-associated activity remains something experts are working to further discover and understand.

Kepler Finds Triple-Star System With a Skewed Configuration

Jan 14, 2021

KOI-5Ab is an exoplanet that orbits around a triple-star system with a skewed configuration discovered by NASA's Kepler mission.

Stars May Be Responsible for Inhabitable Exoplanets

Nov 09, 2020

Researchers discovered that active stars might be responsible for exoplanets becoming inhabitable.

X-Ray Data Reveals First Planet Candidate From Another Galaxy

Sep 25, 2020

Planets outside the Solar System, or exoplanets, have been continuously discovered since 1995. Now, scientists report that the first planet from another galaxy was just discovered using X-ray images from 2012.

NASA Missions Find Survivor Planet Orbiting Remains of Dead Star

Sep 17, 2020

Astronomers have discovered a giant survivor planet moving around a white dwarf, or a superdense core remnant of a former star, posing evidence that planets can survive the death of their host stars.

New Study Finds at Least 45 Planets With Qualities Similar to Earth

Sep 10, 2020

Astronomers claim that at least 45 exoplanets are similar to Earth—from the composition of their atmosphere to the presence of liquid water that can possibly support life.

An AI Algorithm Was Used to Identify Exoplanets

Aug 26, 2020

Scientists created a new AI algorithm to validate planets by sorting through thousands of data collected by NASA. They hope that the future missions can also make use of algorithm as well as other techniques to validate planets.

Other Stars Can Support Up To Seven Habitable Planets

Aug 05, 2020

One of the goals of exoplanetary science is detecting other habitable planets similar to our own Earth. A new study provides insight into the rate of these "new Earths" occurring around other stars - with some of them supporting up to seven of these planets.

4 of the Weirdest Kinds of Planets Ever Discovered

Jul 23, 2020

Modern science fiction has brought us worlds of ice or fire of giant planets. However, actual science is a few steps ahead in terms of being unimaginable and downright weird. Here are four of the weirdest planets ever discovered: