Curious about the strangest planets out there? Prepare to dive deep into the cosmos, where bizarre and incredible exoplanets await. These planets are so unusual that they challenge everything we know ...

J1407b, often referred to as "Super Saturn," is an exoplanet that has fascinated astronomers with claims of having the ...

Tracking exoplanets via orbital mechanics isn't easy. Plenty of variables could affect how a planet moves around its star, and determining which ones affect any given exoplanet requires a lot of ...

Exoplanets—planets that orbit stars beyond our solar system—have transformed our understanding of the universe. Since the first confirmed discovery in the 1990s, more than 5,000 have been ...

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...

When Star Wars debuted in 1977, astronomers had yet to confirm an exoplanet with the same orbital path as Skywalker’s home world. It would take another 16 years before experts located an actual ...

In a first, a pair of unusual stars has been revealed to have an equally unusual companion – an exoplanet that orbits them perpendicularly. Astronomers may think they know what is normal for ...

This Collection highlights the results from the Early Science Release programme of the JWST telescope focused on transiting hot giant exoplanets. With its extended wavelength range and its ...

They flagged potential oceans and air sources on the exoplanet dubbed LHS 1140 b, situated within the constellation Cetus in our night sky. Although the name isn’t so moving, its potential is.

In 2023, scientists made some pretty smashing exoplanet discoveries. Here are the highlights. This year saw planetary scientists add a number of exciting new worlds to our growing 5,000+ catalog ...

Although astronomers have now discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets, or planets outside of the solar system, the large majority of these planets are considerably larger than Earth. That’s partly ...

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