The radius of a planet is a fundamental parameter that probes its composition and habitability. Precise radius measurements are typically derived from...
White dwarfs may present amenable environments for life on planets formed within or migrated to their habitable zones, generating warmer surface environments...
In a new paper, planetary researchers from Texas A&M University and the University of Washington introduce a new thermodynamic concept called the centotectic...
LHS 1140b is the second-closest temperate transiting exoplanet to Earth with a temperature low enough to support surface liquid water.
LHS 1140b may be...
Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered and characterized a habitable zone planet orbiting the...
Using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) instrument onboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have detected water vapor in the transmission...
Astronomers from NASA and the University of Washington have estimated total internal heating rates and depths to possible subsurface oceans for 17 planets...
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has begun its scientific mission, which includes the atmospheric characterization of transiting exoplanets....
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of the habitable zone exoplanet...
Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s retired Spitzer space telescope, astronomers have discovered that two exoplanets around...
In a study published in the journal Science Advances, a team of European astronomers shows that water can be delivered to a terrestrial planet in the form...
The surface of Earth was likely covered by a global ocean 3.24 billion years ago (Archean Eon), according to a new study published in the journal Nature...
