"We can see, for the first time, rings of dust surrounding protoplanets made visible by the bright starlight reflecting off ...

Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...

NASA's advanced space observatory known as SPHEREx is on its cosmic journey to solve some of the universe's biggest mysteries. The space telescope, which NASA has spent years developing, launched ...

An illustration of one of Barnard’s Star's four exoplanets. © Illustration by International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor/J. Pollard Astronomers ...

A paper published in 2023 spurred discussion about whether life exists on an exoplanet named K2-18b. Two years later, the ...

"I do not believe we yet have convincing evidence of the presence of DMS in K2-18b's atmosphere." In 2023, debate erupted in the astronomy community about whether life could exist on an exoplanet ...

The Exoplanets will make its debut performance on September 6 at Norwich Theatre Royal before a London transfer set for March next year. The production, which is supported by the expertise of ...

In contrast, its spiral arms sparkle with young blue stars, scattered in luminous clusters. Beyond NGC 5042, faint elongated yellow-orange shapes reveal even more distant background galaxies, adding ...

“The elongated yellow-orange objects that are scattered around the image are background galaxies far more distant than NGC 5042,” the astronomers said. “Perhaps NGC 5042’s most striking feature is its ...

Photo by Oscar Pulliam ’25 (Courtesy Reed College) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) – A physics student at Reed College has discovered eight new possible exoplanets in the Milky Way. His name is Mohamed Jassim ...

Sports-lover turned journalist, born and bred in Scotland, with a passion for football (soccer). He’s also a keen follower of NFL, NBA, golf and tennis, among others, and always has an eye on ...