"One is Kepler 277b, an ultradense, rocky planet more massive than Saturn with a crushing surface ... terms of the art he has created thus far, Vargic said that his favorite exoplanet to design ...

Data from the massive telescope also suggests the exoplanet, the name for a planet outside the solar system, may also have a surface covered in water and an atmosphere rich with hydrogen.

In fact, the 2024 study estimates Barnard b’s surface temperature to be a balmy 257 degrees Fahrenheit (125 degrees Celsius). One of the exoplanets has the smallest mass ever detected using the ...

In 2023, debate erupted in the astronomy community about whether life could exist on an exoplanet called K2-18b ... collecting samples from a planet's surface, we don't yet have the technology ...