Mar 11, 2021 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found evidence of volcanic activity reforming the atmosphere of Gliese 1132b, a rocky exoplanet...

Apr 10, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers, led by Keele University researcher John Southworth, has managed to detect an atmosphere around GJ 1132b, a ‘super-Earth’...

Aug 19, 2016 by News Staff

In this artist’s conception GJ 1132b circles a red dwarf star. Image credit: Dana Berry. GJ 1132b, an extrasolar planet about 1.2 times the size and...

Nov 12, 2015 by News Staff

A team of astronomers has discovered a new rocky, Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a star approximately 39 light-years away. In this artist’s conception...