Arizona State University continues its rapid rise in planetary astronomy, welcoming two new 51 Pegasi b Fellows to its exoplanet research team in fall 2025. The Heising-Simons Foundationawarded the ...

All planets are made of gas, ice, rock and metal, and models of how planets form usually assume that these materials don't ...

What if we could determine what material built our solar system, how old it is, and even the type of star it came from? Emilie Dunham, postdoctoral ...

a 51 Pegasi b Fellow and incoming assistant professor at Arizona State University. “Our results will reveal the physical and chemical processes shaping these distant worlds, guiding the future ...

This artist’s view shows 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet discovered around a Sun-like star. It lies some 50 light-years away and orbits only 5 million miles (8 million km) from its star.

Astronomers have discovered nearly 6,000 planets beyond our own solar system. Here's how — and how we'll find even more.

Through our strategic partnership, we will push the limits of our models and data, looking for new insights into both planetary atmospheres and their host stars,” said KRONOS co-principal investigator ...

UC Santa Cruz astronomy Ph.D. candidate Sagnick Mukherjee has received one of the most sought-after postdoctoral awards in the field: the prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowship. In its March 27 ...

It was thanks to former WWI pilot Tommy Hitchcock that the P-51 entered U.S service — and changed the skies over Europe ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...