Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about watching for jiggly stars, blue shifts, and transits.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has discovered 16 extrasolar planet candidates orbiting a variety of distant stars in the central region of our Milky Way galaxy. The planet bonanza was uncovered during ...

A new discovery made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may be the weirdest exoplanet yet. The planet, designated ...

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When we think of extrasolar Earth-like planets, the first tendency is to imagine weird creatures like Jar Jar Binks, Chewbacca, and, if those are not bizarre enough, maybe even the pointy-eared Vulcan ...

Astronomers are investigating a strange class of exoplanets known as eccentric warm Jupiters — massive gas giants that orbit their stars in unexpected, elongated paths. Unlike their close-orbiting ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered a fourth world in a strange system of ultralight "super puff" planets. The new extrasolar planet or "exoplanet" was discovered ...

This documentary investigates the race to find life on extrasolar planets, revealing how new telescopes and bold missions may ...

Recent advances in astronomical observations have found a significant number of extrasolar planets that can sustain surface water, and the search for extraterrestrial life on such planets is gaining ...

In astronomy, there is a concept called "degeneracy." It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to ...

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