When the JWST finally began its long-awaited science operations in July 2022, there was a long list of targets awaiting its ...

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Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has investigated the "Goldilocks zone" planet TRAPPIST-1e to search for a potential atmosphere ...

With new telescopes coming online and fresh discoveries arriving almost weekly, the search is only accelerating. Each new world we find is more than a point of light somewhere in the great darkness.

Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...

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When scientists discovered the first planet orbiting another star in 1995, few outside astronomy circles noticed. That planet ...

Finding another Earth is the holy grail of modern astronomy. NASA’s upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is ...

This quiz invites you to embark on a journey across the galaxy, exploring the science and wonder behind exoplanet discovery.

That raises the possibility that the TRAPPIST-1e exoplanet could also have liquid water and therefore support life.

The exoplanet is the first confirmed detection of a planet in a multi-ringed protoplanetary disk, a disk that contains ...