Join the search for exoplanets beyond our solar system and discover what they teach us about Earth Over the past 30 years, we have discovered thousands of exoplanets, which are planets located outside ...

Over the course of more than two decades, researchers at the University of Bern have developed the so-called "Bern model," a ...

On Aug. 24, 2023, more than three decades after the first confirmation of planets beyond our own solar system, scientists announced the discovery of six new exoplanets, stretching that number to 5,502 ...

The Kaczmarczik Lecture, hosted by the Department of Physics, is a significant event at Drexel University. For nearly 30 years, guest lecturers have included numerous Nobel Laureates and renowned ...

An encouraging new study has found that the interference from exoplanets—planets that orbit stars outside our solar system—has been overestimated in searches for extraterrestrial signals. The results ...

How can astronomers develop better methods for blocking the intense starlight of an exoplanetary system and reveal the exoplanets hiding underneath the glare? This is what a recent study published in ...

Large exoplanets are more easily detected than small ones. It's axiomatic. While large planets block out more starlight ...

A picture of the night sky as taken by NASA'S Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Jack Duranceau used images from TESS in his research. Lots of people picked up new hobbies during the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Two new exoplanets have been discovered orbiting a star belonging to a binary pair located about ...

The find represents the first clear detection of a baby planet taking shape within a disc of dust and gas with multiple rings. The ground-breaking discovery was made using European Southern ...

As exoplanets continue to be discovered on a regular basis, how do these worlds compare to the planets in our solar system? This is what a new catalog published today in The Astrophysical Journal ...