6,000 Planets Have Been Found Outside the Solar System
The number of confirmed planets outside of our solar system—known as exoplanets—has risen to 6,000, NASA has said.…
What Webb Is Teaching Us About Our Solar System
Episode description: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is hard at work answering our biggest questions about the birth…
There’s less water on distant planets than previously thought
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NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000
It’s been 30 years since the discovery of the first planet around another star like our Sun. With…
Exoplanets – NASA Science
An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. Most of them orbit other stars, but some free-floating…
NASA Study: Celestial ‘Accident’ Sheds Light on Jupiter, Saturn Riddle
An unusual cosmic object is helping scientists better understand the chemistry hidden deep in Jupiter and Saturn’s atmospheres…
NASA Webb Looks at Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e
Scientists are in the midst of observing the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 e with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Careful…
Astronomers capture rare images of infant planet WISPIT 2b in multi-ringed birth disk |
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that could change how we understand the birth of planets. Using the…
Astronomers Map Stellar ‘Polka Dots’ Using NASA’s TESS, Kepler
Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA…
Webb Narrows Atmospheric Possibilities for Earth-sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d
The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d intrigues astronomers looking for possibly habitable worlds beyond our solar system because it is…