While finding exoplanets (meaning planets outside of our own solar system) is no longer a significant challenge, what is ...

That's because they're the best candidates for characterizing an atmosphere. As the exoplanet passes in front of the star, a ...

Attempts to assess LHS 475 b's atmosphere have been made by analyzing its transmission spectrum, captured by Webb's NIRSpec instrument on Aug. 31, 2022. It is currently unknown whether the exoplanet ...

The planet does have an atmosphere, though, meaning it qualifies for follow ... They then reviewed data from the Transiting ...

Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet about a few dozen light years away from Earth with conditions that could make ...

The differences between Earth and Venus are obvious to us. One is radiant with life and adorned with glittering seas, and the ...

During a break from looking at planets around other stars, ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (Cheops) mission has ...

The hunt continues for exoplanets that might contain liquid water and are considered habitable. The latest is closer than ...

The planet has a mass similar to Earth's. According to an MPIA statement on Friday, out of over 5,000 exoplanets discovered ...

But that estimate assumes Wolf 1069b has an Earth-like atmosphere, and so far astronomers don’t have enough information about ...

Related: The 10 most Earth-like exoplanet For context, the planet Mercury ... we won't be able to further characterize its atmosphere using the transmission spectroscopy method (as is being currently ...