Highlights Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the Solar System, or “exoplanets”. Most stars in our galaxy have at least one exoplanet, and many are unlike any of the …

At a glance: Exoplanets are planets that orbit other stars. Some look like planets in our own solar system, while others are dramatically different. Exoplanets seem to follow the same general rules as …

We call them exoplanets. Now researchers have found over 5000 confirmed exoplanets, but a relatively small number of these worlds are similar to Earth. Here are the top three worlds that remind us the …

Oct 11, 2023 · New technologies for seeing exoplanets Direct exoplanet imaging, which involves blocking the light from a bright star and resolving the light from a nearby, fainter planet, is an …

Jun 10, 2024 · Among exoplanets, the Most Athletic award would surely have to go to the biggest, strongest, fastest one around: TOI 4201b. This planet was a latecomer to the class, just discovered …

Jan 15, 2025 · If you're a fan of the search for life or just cool exoplanets in general, urine for a Ride. JWST has detected signs of methane and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of K2-18 b. It's a …

Sep 8, 2025 · The only problem is finding them. To date, we have found more than 7,000 planets orbiting other stars (known as exoplanets), but our efforts have focused on relatively easy-to …

Aug 23, 2021 · The most Earth-like exoplanets These three planets beyond our Solar System have some important characteristics in common with Earth, like orbiting in the habitable zone of their star.

At a Glance The habitable zone is the not-too-hot, not-too-cold region around a star where liquid water can exist on a planet’s surface. Liquid water is a key ingredient for life as we know it, so exoplanets …

Mar 12, 2019 · The Hubble Space Telescope makes it relatively easy to detect water vapor in the atmospheres of giant exoplanets, resulting in its identification in 80 percent of the planets that we’ve …