U.S. astronomers and engineers have built a new camera to precisely measure the size of planets moving around distant stars. This camera has been dubbed OPTIC -- short for 'Orthogonal Parallel ...
Scientists found two Earth-sized planets and a third candidate orbiting a nearby double star system, TOI-2267.
In a significant breakthrough, scientists have identified three Earth-sized exoplanets in a binary star system, potentially ...
Scientists have discovered over 4,000 exoplanets outside of our Solar System, according to NASA’s Exoplanet Archive. Some of these planets orbit multiple stars at the same time. Certain planets are so ...
CONFIDENCE IN HAPPENING YESTERDAY. NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY ASTRONOMER RECENTLY SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL DURING HIS RESEARCH OF SPACE, AND IT COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW PLANETS FORM. VLADIMIR LYRA ...
Scientists have discovered a rare six-planet system, HD 110067, where all planets orbit their star in perfect mathematical ...
A study of 909 planets and 355 stars reveals that, unlike our solar system, other planetary systems are distinguished by strict regularity. An international research team led by Université de Montréal ...
NEW YORK — NASA’s planet-hunting mission TESS has found its first potentially habitable exoplanet the size of Earth orbiting a star about 100 light-years from Earth, according to the agency. The ...
NASA's TESS spacecraft has been finding exoplanets frequently since it began operations. TESS, or Transitioning Exoplanet Survey Satellite, has now discovered the smallest planet it has ever found.
Our galaxy may have acquired some new real estate. NASA has discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting around a faraway star — and it could be habitable. Dubbed TOI 700 e, the exoplanet is the fourth ...