The discovery of planets outside our solar system has reshaped humanity’s understanding of the universe. Since the ...

Explore the world of exoplanets—distant planets that captivate scientists. Visit ExtremeTech to learn what makes them so ...

NASA's TESS satellite has discovered a Neptune-sized exoplanet closely orbiting its host star. It's just the fourth object of ...

Related: Why are there so few 'hot Neptune' exoplanets? As the name suggests, these planets are roughly the size of Neptune but differ significantly in that they orbit extremely close to their ...

Once thought to be 8 billion years old, the star HD 110067 — famous for its six synchronized exoplanets — may be only 2.5 ...

The first hot Neptune, LTT-9779 b ... of the current study propose that part of the reason these types of exoplanets are so rare is because, at such close proximity to a star, it is more likely ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected an exoplanet, K2-18 b, which is larger than Earth and located in a habitable ...

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a tail, like a gigantic comet. The planet, known as WASP-69b, is slowly ...

TOI-3261 b is a rare Neptune-like exoplanet due to its extremely close orbit around its star. The exoplanet was discovered in ...

The results were published in an article in the journal Atmosphere and prove that techniques being used to study large hot exoplanets can be effectively applied to those with a diameter 10 times ...

Many types of exoplanets exist, but we often shorthand with descriptions like "super-Earth," hot Jupiter, and mini-Neptune. But some exoplanets are so unique that they almost defy shorthand.