NASA’s TESS confirms 3 new exoplanets

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), in its search for extra-terrestrial life, recently confirmed the their existence

Here is a chance to name an exoplanet and its star

The International Astronomical Union is seeking suggestions from people all over the world to name a select set of exoplanets and their host stars

Physics Nobel awarded for Big Bang-related theory and exoplanet discovery

US scientist James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz are recipients of the prize for 2019

How did James Webb telescope detect CO2 in a giant Jupiter-like planet? Experts tell us

Detecting CO2 allows experts to understand the history and evolution of planets  

Heavy metal out there: Researchers detect barium in atmospheres of 2 exoplanets

Discovery of barium is surprising because heavy elements like barium are expected to quickly fall into the lower layers of the atmosphere

Scientists detect two water worlds 218 light years away

Study of the twin planets shows exoplanets are more diverse; new planet in same system discovered  

Water vapour discovered on potentially ‘habitable’ planet

Using Hubble Space Telescope, scientists also detected the presence of hydrogen and helium in K2-18b's atmosphere

A new method to study the environment of exoplanets

A team of Indian astronomers has evolved a new method to understand the atmosphere of extrasolar planets

How did Uranus end up on its side? We've been finding out

Unlike all the other planets, which spin roughly upright with their spin axes at close to right angles to their orbits around the sun, Uranus is …

Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide & methane in atmosphere of alien world

Chemical traces have been found in atmosphere of planet K2-18b, about 124 light-years from Earth

Death by star: Scientists spot alien planet spiralling to ruin

Kepler-1658b’s orbit is getting closer to its ageing star; likely to crash in 2.5 million years

2022 too short, too far: 5 times James Webb grabbed eyeballs

Telescope helped us understand how stars are born and unfolded Mars’ and Neptune’s secrets

A real-life deluminator for spotting exoplanets by reflected starlight

The afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far-off star system

If confirmed, the observation will open a window into how planets form

Earth-sized exoplanet with potential for life discovered 40 light-years away

More analysis needed to see if exoplanet Gliese 12 b has an atmosphere & maintains temperatures that allows liquid water