Tagged: exoplanet

Gliese 486 b will probably get a lot of astronomical attention over the next few years. A newly discovered alien world could help astronomers better understand the atmospheres of rocky planets. The newfound exoplanet, Gliese 486 b, circles a dim red dwarf star just 26...

Six astrophysics programs selected for further study by NASA have science goals across the universe, ranging from exoplanets to galaxies. This round of choices for NASA’s Explorers Program, announced Aug. 9, includes three Explorer missions ($250 million each) and three missions of opportunity ($70 million...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s newest planet-hunting powerhouse, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), leaped into orbit Wednesday evening (April 18) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. TESS lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station here at 6:51 p.m. EDT (2251 GMT), then separated...

Researchers have discovered a new planet the size of Neptune, approximately 32 light-years away from Earth. A new study, published in the scientific journal Nature, details the discovery of AU Mic b, which is part of the AU Microscopii star system. Due to its proximity...

More than 4,000 exoplanets have been found as of April 2020, but one that was “discovered” in 2004 may not actually be a planet at all. It could just be space dust, according to a newly published study. The planet, which was given the name...

Astronomers have detected that the ‘hot Saturn’ WASP-96b, locate beyond our solar system, is cloud-free. An international team of astronomers, led by Dr Nikolay Nikolov from the University of Exeter, used Europe’s 8.2m Very Large Telescope in Chile, to study the atmosphere of WASP-96b when...

Helium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-107b has been detected for the first time by astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the discovery demonstrates the ability to use infrared spectra to study exoplanet extended atmospheres. The international team of astronomers, led by...

Astronomers have detected that the ‘hot Saturn’ WASP-96b, locate beyond our solar system, is cloud-free. An international team of astronomers, led by Dr Nikolay Nikolov from the University of Exeter, used Europe’s 8.2m Very Large Telescope in Chile, to study the atmosphere of WASP-96b when...

Astronomers have found that the atmosphere of the hottest known exoplanet, the hot Jupiter-like planet KELT-9b, is “boiling off,” due to the central star’s great heat. The escaping hydrogen atmosphere of the planet was detected by Fei Yan and Thomas Henning of the Max Planck...