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One of astronomy’s oldest suspected planetary systems has just undergone its most sensitive search yet and the biggest planets scientists might have expected to find are not there- Is it a planet or a moon? Scientists discover a strange Jupiter-sized world orbiting a brown dwarf in a never-before-seen cosmic system
- Earlier in 2026, a University of Sydney PhD student traced a 1.34497-hour radio pulse to a dead star. Today, its 1.368-hour orbit explains why the bursts repeat
- 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
- NASA's new finding: 126 rare exoplanets, some capable of supporting life. Pics hereA new catalog featuring 126 exoplanets discovered through NASA's TESS and the Keck Observatory has been released, revealing diverse planet ...27 May, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
- Indian scientists discover star-planet bigger than JupiterThis discovery was made using PRL Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search (PARAS) optical fiber-fed spectrograph, the first of its kind in ...17 Nov, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
- 'Super-Earth' discovered orbiting Sun's nearest single starThe findings, published in the journal Nature, show the planet lies at a distant region from the star known as the 'snow line'.15 Nov, 2018, 03.55 PM IST
- India discovers sub-Saturn size planetNew Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) has discovered a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune size planet (...21 Jun, 2018, 10.28 PM IST
- Scientists at Mount Abu used Indian-Made instruments to detect planet 600 light years awayIn the universe of never-ending stars, planets and galaxies, India has made a place for itself by discovering a sub-Saturn or super-Neptune...12 Jun, 2018, 01.35 PM IST
- 'Super Earth' that may host alien life identifiedThe dataset used by Cloutier and other researchers came from the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) using the ESO's 3.6-...06 Dec, 2017, 08.29 PM IST
- This exoplanet could have rocky surface and atmosphere like EarthToronto, Dec 6 (IANS) Researchers have found that a little known exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star located about 111 light years away in ...06 Dec, 2017, 12.37 PM IST
- Earth-sized planet that could host alien life foundThis Earth-sized world, named Ross 128 b, is likely to have a surface temperature that may also be close to that of the Earth.16 Nov, 2017, 12.33 PM IST
- Earth-like planet may be lurking in nearby star systemNew York, Aug 18 (IANS) Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have predicted that an Earth-like planet may be lurking in a star syste...18 Aug, 2017, 04.22 PM IST
- Over 100 new potential planets spottedAstronomers released the largest-ever compilation of exoplanet-detecting observations made using a technique called the radial velocity met...14 Feb, 2017, 02.18 PM IST
- Dense 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet discoveredThe planet, designated EPIC 220504338b, was first spotted by NASA's Kepler K2 mission.30 Nov, 2016, 05.51 PM IST
- 'Super Earth' found orbiting nearby star"This rocky exoplanet is orbiting a star much smaller and cooler than the Sun. But it is sufficiently nearby and bright," said researcher J...20 Nov, 2016, 09.18 PM IST
- Four new giant alien planets discoveredThe newly detected worlds are enormous and have very long orbital periods ranging from nearly two to slightly more than four Earth years.16 Mar, 2016, 01.31 PM IST
- Scientists develop new method to hunt dark matterAn international team of scientists has discovered a new method that may help in detecting dwarf galaxies dominated by dark matter.09 Jan, 2016, 04.12 PM IST
- 8690 kph winds discovered on exoplanetDiscovered on the exoplanet HD 189733b, researchers measured the velocities on the two sides of HD 189733b and found wind moving at over 8,...15 Nov, 2015, 02.00 PM IST
- Three super-Earths found 21 light years from EarthThe transiting super-Earth has a density similar to the Earth's. It is by far the closest transiting planet known today, researchers said.02 Aug, 2015, 03.06 PM IST
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