Latest about Exoplanets
Scientists may finally understand why large alien planets keep turning into 'super-Earths'
New research finds that certain large exoplanets are shrinking due to internal processes, creating an abundance of rocky 'super-Earths'.
James Webb telescope detects 'fluffy' alien planet that rains sand
Clouds of silicate sand exist high in exoplanet WASP-107b's atmosphere, new James Webb Space Telescope observations reveal.
The oldest continents in the Milky Way may be 5 billion years older than Earth's
Several exoplanets at the edge of our galaxy could have formed continents — and advanced life — 5 billion years earlier than Earth, new research suggests.
James Webb telescope detects alien planet with clouds made of quartz
The exoplanet WASP-17b's atmosphere is full of quartz clouds, according to a new James Webb Space Telescope observations.
Mysterious signals from 'hell planet' 40 light-years from Earth could finally be solved by James Webb Space Telescope
The hellish super-Earth '55 Cancri e' may be constantly losing and re-growing its atmosphere, a new study of the planet's strange transit signals suggests.
James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, in the atmosphere of an exoplanet believed to have its own liquid ocean.
James Webb telescope could detect life on Earth from across the galaxy, new study suggests
Researchers have shown that if the James Webb Space Telescope was pointed at Earth from a distant star, it could detect the signatures of intelligent life in our planet's atmosphere.
Bizarre 'failed star' the size of Jupiter is 2,000 degrees hotter than the sun
This Jupiter-size object is 80 times denser than a planet and hotter than the sun.
