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It was one of humanity’s greater vanities that we ever questioned whether there are any planets in the universe beyond the eight in our little solar system. Our sun is a perfectly ordinary star, ...

It was one of humanity’s greater vanities that we ever questioned whether there are any planets in the universe beyond the eight in our little solar system. Our sun is a perfectly ordinary star, ...

New observations fail to confirm signs of life in the atmosphere of the distant planet K2-18b. They also raise questions about what it will take to detect biology light-years away. By Carl Zimmer In ...

The exoplanet K2-18b has once again captured the attention of scientists and space enthusiasts alike, but this time for all the wrong reasons. Following an exciting claim earlier this year suggesting ...

A recent study of an exoplanet 120 light-years away revealed it has elements that are believed to be essential in the formation of life. NASA studied K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as ...

In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...

Atmospheric insights into alien worlds emerge as JWST studies filtered starlight passing through distant exoplanet atmospheres. Pixabay, Vilkasss The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) represents a ...

What can space weather from our Sun teach scientists about the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as a team of researchers ...

The team of astronomers behind the find suggested it could help us better understand planet and moon formation in our solar system and beyond the Milky Way. The team was able to make the first-ever ...