Nov 28, 2024 by Natali Anderson

The newly-discovered exoplanet orbits TOI-3261 (also known as TIC 358070912), an inactive main-sequence star located 300 parsecs (978.5 light-years) away...

Jun 5, 2024 by News Staff

Nicknamed ‘Phoenix,’ the newly-discovered hot-Neptune exoplanet TIC 365102760b retained atmosphere despite relentless radiation from its parent star,...

Jul 31, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A process called photoevaporation is a potential explanation for several features within exoplanet demographics. Atmospheric escape observed in young Neptune-sized...

Jun 3, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

NASA’s Kepler space telescope was responsible for the discovery of over 2,700 confirmed extrasolar planets, more than half of the total number of exoplanets...

Mar 9, 2021 by News Staff

Astronomers have discovered evidence for a giant planet orbiting Vega, a young star located 25 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra. An artist’s...

Jan 11, 2021 by Natali Anderson

NGTS-14Ab, an alien world slightly larger than Neptune orbiting around an orange dwarf in the binary system NGTS-14, joins a growing number of exoplanets...

Oct 1, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers have discovered an ultra-short-period Neptune-sized exoplanet orbiting the bright Sun-like star LTT 9779. An artist’s impression of the ultrahot...

Aug 31, 2020 by Natali Anderson

Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and two ground-based instruments, astronomers have discovered and confirmed a transiting hot...

Jul 2, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

The newly-discovered planetary core, named TOI-849b, is a gas giant that was either stripped of its gaseous atmosphere or that failed to form one in its...

Nov 13, 2019 by Natali Anderson

A short-period, hot Neptune-like planet has been discovered orbiting a Sun-like star called TOI-132, thanks to data gathered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet...