Astronomers uncover array of strange exoplanet worlds
Astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi in the United States have announced a new catalogue of exoplanets discovered with NASA’s TESS and the Keck Observatory, revealing diverse planetary types.
Citizen scientists help discover record-breaking exoplanet in binary star system
With an unusually long orbit, the new planet spotted by volunteer planet hunters and confirmed by Flatiron Institute scientists and their colleagues offers insights into how planets form and remain stable in multi-star star systems
CHEOPS detects a ‘‘rainbow’’ on an exoplanet
The CHEOPS telescope reveals potential ‘glory’ phenomenon on exoplanet WASP-76b, suggesting a uniform cloud composition that may mirror a rainbow-like effect, a first discovery outside our solar system.
Our new home? Webb telescope discovers carbon dioxide on K2-18 b exoplanet
From NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center 14/09/23 A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. Webb’s discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b could be a Hycean exoplanet, one which […]