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In 1995, astronomers found a planet circling a Sun-like star, and the solar system stopped looking uniqueIn 1995, scientists made a revolutionary find with the discovery of 51 Pegasi b, a massive exoplanet in a tight orbit around its star. This...
A simple astronomy program led two U.S. high school students to help discover four exoplanetsIn an inspiring display of youthful ingenuity, two American high school students have teamed up to publish a groundbreaking scientific pape...
NASA has discovered planets so strange they sound completely impossible: From worlds that rain molten glass to giant “marshmallow” planetsScientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they lo...
Scientists find second Earth hidden near red dwarf, could this water world reshape our futureAstronomers have found a new exoplanet named TOI-1846 b. This planet is nearly twice the size of Earth. It may contain a lot of water. The ...
New research reveals super-Earths are common in distant orbitsAn international team of astronomers has found that super-Earth exoplanets are far more common across the universe than once thought. Using...
Scientists stumble upon a strange ‘Super-Earth’; Here's what makes it so unusualScientists from Oxford University have confirmed the discovery of HD 20794 d, a “super-Earth” exoplanet located 20 light-years away, which ...
Nearby 'super-Jupiter' detected, could be one of coldest exoplanets, say researchersAs planets cool and contract over their lifetime, they become significantly fainter and, therefore, harder to image, they said. The US spac...
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 ...
China plans world's 1st nearby habitable planet search with space telescopeThe CHES will observe about 100 Sun-like stars 32 light-years away on a long-term survey, and will hopefully discover roughly 50 Earth-like...
'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'.
- New exoplanet twice the size of Earth found
Toronto, Sep 10 (IANS) Using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has discovered a new exoplanet tw...
- Scientists find habitable 'super-Earth' among 15 new planets
Tokyo, March 12 (IANS) Scientists have discovered 15 new planets -- including one 'super-Earth' that could harbour liquid water -- orbiting...
- Stellar system with 3 super Earths discovered
New York, March 5 (IANS) Astronomers have discovered three small super-Earth planets orbiting the star which lies at a relatively close dis...
- New exoplanet may be best place to look for alien life
London, April 20 (IANS) A rocky exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star 40 light-years from the Earth may be the best ...
Newly found super-Earth may be best bet to hunt for alien lifeThe orbit is seen almost edge-on from Earth and as the exoplanet passes in front of the star once per orbit it blocks a little of its light...
- Planetary system with a deadly host star discovered
New York, Dec 16 (IANS) A new planetary system has been discovered with a host star similar to the Earth's Sun but its unusual composition ...
Hubble measures rotation of cloudy 'super-Jupiter'This is the first measurement of the rotation of a massive exoplanet using direct imaging, researchers said.
Jet Propulsion Lab scientists find rocky exoplanet just 21 light-years awayUsing the Spitzer Space Telescoe, scientists at the Jet Propulsion Lab have found HD 219134b, a rocky exoplanet 'just' 21 light-years away.
Astronomers discover large hydrogen cloud around exoplanet using NASA's Hubble Space TelescopeThe cloud has been dubbed as "The Behemoth" bleeding. The hydrogen is evaporating from the planet because of extreme radiation from the sta...
NASA's Kepler mission discovers 'super-Earth'The discovery was confirmed with measurements taken by the HARPS-North spectrograph of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo in the Canary Islan...