It’s unclear how the planet avoided its star’s bloated red giant stage. WD 1856 b is the only confirmed case […]
Tag: exoplanets
Planet orbits so close to its star that their magnetic fields connect
The second issue was that in some observations, there were no periodic signals at all. Because we have enough archival […]
NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope
“It was not recognized how serious a problem that is until… about 2017 or 2018.” The Pandora observatory, seen here […]
Researchers spot Saturn-sized planet in the “Einstein desert”
Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins. Most of the exoplanets we’ve discovered have been in relatively tight […]
The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete
“We’re going to be making 3D movies of what is going on in the Milky Way galaxy.” Artist’s concept of […]
New data confirms: There really is a planet squeezed in between two stars
And, critically, the entire orbit is within the orbit of the smaller companion star. The gravitational forces of a tight […]
New study: There are lots of icy super-Earths
“Microlensing” lets us find planets at much greater distances from their star. What does the “typical” exosolar system look like? […]
Skepticism greets claims of a possible biosignature on a distant world
It’s really difficult to get a clear sign of life on an exoplanet. On Wednesday, news broke that researchers had […]
3D map of exoplanet atmosphere shows wacky climate
Last year, astronomers discovered an unusual Earth-size exoplanet they believe has a hemisphere of molten lava, with its other hemisphere […]