Astronomers Discover Rare ‘Mega-Earth’ Exoplanet: Gliese 523b
Gliese 523b (GJ 523b) is a young, ultra-dense planet that orbits almost perpendicular to its star’s spin, according…
A Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star has been discovered
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An artist’s illustration showing an exoplanet and a red dwarf. Astronomers have discovered a…
NASA’s TESS Mission finds planetary system in a new way
For the first time, NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant…
Astronomers discover a super-Earth that may have an atmosphere orbiting a red dwarf
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing an exoplanet and two red stars. Astronomers have recently discovered a…
NASA’s Exoplanet Hunter Reveals its Most Complete Look at the Night Sky
‘This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By the end of September 2025,…
A Single Power Law For The TRAPPIST-1 Flare Distribution Across Four Orders Of Magnitude In Energy
Cumulative flare-frequency distribution of TRAPPIST-1. The cumulative occurrence rate ν(≥ ETESS) is shown as a function of TESS-band…
Astronomers Spot Dozens of Potential ‘Tatooine’ Worlds
The existence of circumbinary planets — exoplanets that orbit binary stars — has only been firmly established over…
GJ 523b Is A Massive, 170 Myr-old Mega-Earth, Likely On A Polar Orbit
Radius-density diagram of confirmed exoplanets from the NASA Exoplanet Archive with radii below 5 R⊕ and mass and…
Astronomers Spot the Most Tightly Packed Quadruple Star System Yet
Astronomers have identified a rare, tightly bound star system in which an eclipsing binary—two stars that pass in…
