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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 ...
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 ...
What role can the relationship between oxygen (O2) and ozone (O3) in exoplanet atmospheres have on detecting biosignatures?
Large exoplanets are more easily detected than small ones. It's axiomatic. While large planets block out more starlight ...
Join Mashable as we look back at the viral moments, breakout movies, memes, dating trends, tech buzz, scientific breakthroughs, and more that have defined 2025 — so far! Astronomers have discovered ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...