Hundreds of distant planets may be far larger than scientists once believed. New research reveals that many exoplanets found by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) might have been ...

Exoplanet GJ 504 b orbits the star GJ 504, similar to how Earth orbits the sun. Experts estimate its size to be three to six times more massive than Jupiter, which has caused some astronomers to ...

NASA’s relentless pursuit of the unknown has led to the development of groundbreaking exoplanet-hunting technology. With its ...

This exoplanet transit shows background stars that could be biasing calculations of the exoplanet's size. Credit: Nikolai Berman/UC Irvine ...

The exploration and study of exoplanets have advanced significantly in recent years, leading scientists to reconsider how ...

Scientists have developed a new technique that could help them understand "polka dot" stars using the transits of exoplanets.

Interest in steam world exoplanets really heated up in October 2024 when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered the ...

The discussion underscored how citizen scientists, by contributing thousands of data points from around the world, are ...

Astronomers have discovered a young exoplanet named WISPIT 2b which is the first confirmed world found in a protoplanetary disk with multiple rings and gaps. Located 430 light-years from Earth, this ...

Exoplanet habitability depends on a whole host of factors, with liquid water at the top of the list. It also requires a ...

An exoplanet host with several background stars. If left uncorrected, the additional light from the background stars can lead to underestimated exoplanet size measurements.