The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken a deeper look at a mysterious planet outside the solar system that is unlike anything in our planetary system. "The planet is totally blanketed by some ...

Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets in the past few decades, and a pattern is beginning to emerge. Time and time again, we spot worlds larger than Earth but smaller than the gas giant ...

Can exoplanets have metal-rich atmospheres? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters hopes to address as a team of international researchers investigated a new type ...

40 light years away from Earth, circling a small star in the constellation of Ophiuchus, there's a super-Earth called Gliese 1214 b. Also known as GJ 1214 b, it was discovered in 2009 and has been a ...

Figure 1: Artist's rendition of a transit of GJ 1214 b in blue light. The blue sphere represents the host star GJ 1214, and the black ball in front of it on the right is GJ 1214 b. (Credit: NAOJ). A ...

Illustration comparing the sizes of sub-Neptune exoplanets TOI-421 b and GJ 1214 b to Earth and Neptune. Both TOI-421 b and GJ 1214 b are in between Earth and Neptune in terms of radius, mass, and ...

The "mini-Neptune" exoplanet found 48 light-years away doesn't resemble anything in our own solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...