Exoplanets in binary star systems usually orbit both stars, but astronomers have now spotted three planets orbiting one or ...

NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years - Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers ...

Astronomers have uncovered the "Neptunian Ridge," a newly identified feature in the distribution of exoplanets. This ...

A planet swings in front of its star, dimming the starlight we see. Events like these, called transits, provide us with ...

An international team, including UNIGE, unveiled the "Neptunian Ridge", an overdensity of Neptunes nestled between the ...

A doctoral student at the University of Kansas led a study last may that discovered 15 new exoplanets. The study set a record ...

Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...

The AstroAI initiative, launched in 2023, uses AI to search for life on exoplanets, such as the exoplanet WASP-39 b imagined in this illustration. IMAGE NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI) Could ...

Astronomers developed a technique that uses a star's spectrum to chart variations in its temperature to the nearest tenth of ...

When distant exoplanets pass in front of their star, they block a small portion of the starlight, while an even smaller portion penetrates the planetary atmosphere. This interaction leads to ...

The Chandra X-ray Telescope is investigating the habitability of exoplanets. NASA explains. Credit: NASA/CXC/A. Hobart Stranded NASA astronauts will vote in the 2024 presidential election from space.