A team led by the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets at the University of Montreal publishes the most precise study to date of the planetary system around the star LP 98-59. This ...

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

If Dark Matter has particular properties, it could accumulate in the cores of gas giants such as Jupiter, and become black ...

In the search for habitable exoplanets, atmospheric conditions play a key role in determining if a planet can sustain liquid ...

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

Scientists are now focused on probing its climate, atmospheric composition, and potential water retention, making TRAPPIST-1e ...

Stellar migration may greatly increase the number of habitable planets in the Milky Way. Future ESA missions will test these predictions with detailed exoplanet observations. What can the Galactic Hab ...

During this clumping together, gaps open up in the protoplanetary disk, which we see as rings around the star. The Atacama ...

A recent study that combines data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) with a detailed analysis published in The Astrophysical Journal provides compelling evidence that the Earth-sized exoplanet ...

When astronomers observe a planet passing in front of its star, the slight dip in starlight reveals a wealth of information.

The delicate balance that has allowed life to flourish here on our little planet has not been completely discovered elsewhere.