LHS 1140 b Distance, Temperature, Gravity: What we know about an Earth-like place that has atmosphere, rocksLHS 1140 b: Astronomers have confirmed an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet. This planet, LHS 1140 b, orbits within its star's habitable ...
18 Jul, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
School Assembly News Headlines, July 17: Top National, International, Sports, Business & Education NewsSchool Assembly News Headlines, July 17: Skyroot Aerospace plans its Vikram-1 rocket launch on July 18. India and the UK signed a trade agr...
17 Jul, 2026, 08.02 AM IST
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope discovers hidden giant exoplanet in Beta Pictoris systemAstronomers found a giant exoplanet, Beta Pictoris d, using Webb Telescope's spectroscopy. This planet was hidden within a dusty debris dis...
17 Jul, 2026, 07.58 AM IST
LHS 3844b: Scientists find a bizarre 'tidally locked' planet that could host life, but it never has a day or nightA distant planet, LHS 3844b, shows one side perpetually scorched and the other frozen. Researchers suggest its internal geology could circu...
10 Jul, 2026, 12.17 PM IST
Super Earth near our Solar System: Scientists find potentially habitable planet that receives almost the same sunlight as Earth & lies in perfect 'Goldilocks Zone' for lifeSuper Earth Discovered: Astronomers have identified a new Earth-like exoplanet, GJ 3378b, a mere 25 light-years away. This 'super-Earth' or...
06 Jul, 2026, 05.00 PM IST
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
Astronomers discover two of the 'puffiest' planets ever, each as big as Jupiter but lighter than cotton candyAstronomers have unveiled two colossal "super-puff" exoplanets, TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, orbiting a distant star. These Jupiter-sized world...
26 Jun, 2026, 11.16 AM IST
How can a giant planet be lighter than cotton candy? Scientists just found twoA groundbreaking super-puff planet discovery has revealed two giant exoplanets with densities below cotton candy, changing how scientists u...
25 Jun, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
57 light-years away, a Pink Planet is raining salt, here's whyFifty-seven light-years away, a striking pink planet is showing scientists just how diverse the universe can be. Observations from the Jame...
19 Jun, 2026, 08.21 PM IST
On this planet, clouds emerge every morning and disappear by night: James Webb Space Telescope reveals daily cloud cycle on WASP-94A bOn this planet, clouds emerge every morning and disappear by night as astronomers study the giant exoplanet WASP-94A b using the James Webb...
03 Jun, 2026, 02.15 AM IST
NASA close to probing alien atmospheres; Here's all you need to knowPandora, a small satellite, is set to study at least 20 known exoplanets to analyze their atmospheres for hazes, clouds, and water. This un...
09 Feb, 2025, 06.31 PM IST
NASA finds 'Waterworld with a boiling ocean' on exoplanet. Know if life too has been found thereAn 'hycean' or a world of water under a hydrogen-rich atmosphere has been found on a sub-Neptune distant exoplanet. It contains an ocean of...
08 Mar, 2024, 09.52 PM IST
Astronomers discover heaviest element yet detected in an exoplanet atmosphereWASP-76 b and WASP-121 b are no ordinary exoplanets. Both are known as ultra-hot Jupiters as they are comparable in size to Jupiter whilst ...
16 Oct, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
- Astronomers detect water in Saturn-sized exoplanet's atmosphere
Washington, March 2 (IANS) Astronomers have detected a large amount of water in the atmosphere of a hot, Saturn-mass exoplanet some 700 lig...
02 Mar, 2018, 01.57 PM IST
- Titanium oxide detected in exoplanet atmosphere
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) In a first, astronomers including one of Indian-origin have detected small amounts of titanium oxide in the atmos...
14 Sep, 2017, 01.32 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
Hubble measures rotation of cloudy 'super-Jupiter'This is the first measurement of the rotation of a massive exoplanet using direct imaging, researchers said.
19 Feb, 2016, 01.44 PM IST