This hellish planet is so hot it has clouds of glass and an atmosphere of vaporized metalNASA discovers extreme planet: Astronomers are witnessing an alien world's dramatic transformation thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope...
30 Jun, 2026, 01.00 AM IST
NASA plans to send a planet hunter to scan the Galaxy for 100,000 new alien worldsNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to discover approximately 100,000 exoplanets, significantly expanding our understanding ...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
NASA confirms alien planet count hits 6,000, and the strangest worlds are still aheadNASA has confirmed the existence of 6,000 exoplanets. This milestone highlights the diversity of planetary systems. Scientists use transit ...
21 Sep, 2025, 01.22 PM IST
Indian researchers discover new exoplanet TOI-6038A b. Here's all about itIndian researchers have discovered a dense sub-Saturn exoplanet, TOI-6038A b, which is 78.5 times the mass of Earth. This exoplanet orbits ...
16 Feb, 2025, 10.26 AM IST
James Webb telescope captures a stunning image of Epsilon Indi Ab. Why is it in the news?A picture of the far-off exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab, has been taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. One of the coolest exoplanets yet pho...
26 Jul, 2024, 09.47 PM IST
International astronomers including IIT Kanpur professor discover 'super-Jupiter' exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like starAn international team, including Dr. Prashant Pathak from IIT-Kanpur, discovered a giant exoplanet, Epsilon Indi Ab (Eps Ind Ab), orbiting ...
26 Jul, 2024, 04.13 PM IST
Hydrogen Sulfide found outside our solar system for first time. Where has it been discovered and how important is it?Scientists working with the James Webb Space Telescope have found hydrogen sulfide on an exoplanet known as HD 189733b. It is near Jupiter ...
09 Jul, 2024, 09.55 PM IST
- Astronomers find exoplanet with cloud-free atmosphere
London, May 8 (IANS) Astronomers have found that a planet outside our solar system, which is similar to Saturn in mass and exceeds the size...
08 May, 2018, 04.47 PM IST
This planet is so dark, scientists have to guess what it looks likeA group of astronomers using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have discovered this 'pitch black' planet.
29 Apr, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
- NASA's Kepler discovers nearly 100 new exoplanets
London, Feb 17 (IANS) An international team of scientists have confirmed the discovery of nearly 100 new exoplanets -- planets located outs...
17 Feb, 2018, 02.32 PM IST
'100 new planets discovered beyond our solar system'Mayo and his colleagues analyzed hundreds of signals of potential exoplanets to determine which signals were created by exoplanets and whic...
16 Feb, 2018, 01.13 PM IST
- 'Hot Jupiter' with deadly stratosphere stuns scientists
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) A NASA-led team of scientists has determined that WASP-18b, a "hot Jupiter" located 325 light-years from Earth, h...
30 Nov, 2017, 11.47 AM IST
Giant exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere discoveredThe atmosphere WASP-121b - a gas giant exoplanet commonly referred to as a "hot Jupiter" - was observed using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
03 Aug, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
- Hot exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere found
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) In a first, scientists have detected glowing water molecules in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar syste...
03 Aug, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
'Warm Jupiters' not as lonely as expected: studyThe analysis provides strong evidence of the existence of two distinct types of Warm Jupiters, each with their own formation and dynamical ...
15 Jul, 2016, 01.16 PM IST
Jupiter-like planet discovered 100 light years away; may hold waterIt is the first planet detected by the Gemini Planet Imager, or GPI, which was designed to discover and analyse faint, young planets.
14 Aug, 2015, 02.38 PM IST
Astronomers discoveres Exoplanet with longest known yearKepler-421b orbits an orange, type K star that is cooler & dimmer than Sun. It circles the star at a distance of about 177 mn kms.
22 Jul, 2014, 01.33 PM IST