Astronomers have gotten their clearest look yet at the surface of an exoplanet - a planet beyond our solar system - ​thanks ...

Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars other than the sun and thus exist outside the solar system. The word "exoplanet" ...

JSWT's direct observation of LHS 3844 b's surface is a massive stepping stone for exoplanet geology.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly analyzed the surface of a distant super-Earth, revealing a ...

The search for Earth 2.0 has begun in earnest. But there's a huge variety of exoplanets out there, so narrowing down the search to focus valuable telescope time on only the best candidates is critical ...

Aurora window now: NOAA forecasts elevated geomagnetic activity through May 12, offering northern observers a chance to see ...

The Astronomy & Astrophysics Department welcomes postdoctoral scientist Emiel Por, who invents technologies that mold the starlight captured by ground- and space-based telescopes to improve imaging of ...

The study of exoplanets began in 1995, only 30 years ago. Yet today, exoplanet research touches every aspect of ground-based and space-based astronomy and ...

Astronomers have identified four exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star, a red dwarf star just 6 light-years away from Earth. No, really, this time it’s for real! We have to emphasize this because ...

NASA’s TESS satellite has identified a treasure trove of potential exoplanets, but those initial detections require detailed follow-ups to confirm. Now a network of citizen scientists has confirmed ...