K2-18 b is an exoplanet that has recently captured the attention of astronomers due to the presence of intriguing DMS gas ...
Instead of using chlorophyll, the green organelle that most plants have today used for photosynthesis, purple bacteria uses ...
New observations from the space telescope point to the existence of a “glory” in the atmosphere of WASP-76b, a luminous ...
Astronomers have detected the signal of a rainbow-like phenomenon known as the “glory effect” on a planet outside our solar ...
ALIEN species may be meteor-hopping across space and quietly colonising the galaxy, a fringe theory suggests. It’s a concept ...
Eagle-eyed, armchair astronomers have almost certainly made a number of thrilling discoveries, including two possible Jupiter ...
In a new study, astronomers claim they observed the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ on another exoplanet outside our solar system ...
The NASA James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with an unprecedented glimpse of a distant exoplanet, shedding ...
The search for extrasolar planets is currently undergoing a seismic shift. With the deployment of the Kepler Space Telescope ...
Some stars erupt with 'superflares' 10,000 times as powerful as solar flares from the sun. A team of "stellar detectives" are ...
From the brightness variations of its host star, an exoplanet’s size and other properties can be determined. In order to ...
In her new book, astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger explores how scientists might find life elsewhere in the universe.