Super-Earth Exoplanet Orbiting Solar-Type Star, Identified By Scientists
HD 285181b is a new Super-Earth exoplanet that scientists spotted orbiting a solar-type star. The planet is by 1.6 times…
UV Light Might Turn Gas Planets Into Rocky Cores, A Study On An Exoplanet Revealed
WASP-69b is an exoplanet roughly the size of Jupiter, located at about 163 light-years from Earth. This distant world is of great…
Aluminum Oxide Identified in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
An international group of scientists found the first sign of aluminum oxide present in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, the…
Star Trek Fans, Heads Up! The Planet “Vulcan” Is Real
“It’s so exciting! Star Trek imagined this planet Vulcan, and now we’ve found this planet,” said Jian Ge, an astronomer…
A New Exoplanet, Twice the Size of Earth, was Found by a Physics Student
Merrin Peterson is currently studying for her master’s degree in physics at the University of Montreal. When she started last…
The Discovery of an Exoplanet so Hot it has Titanium and Iron in its Atmosphere
When we talk about the hottest temperatures on a planet in our solar system, Mercury definitely takes the first place….
A Cloudless Exoplanet Has Just Been Discovered by Astronomers
Astronomers have just discovered that the exoplanet WASP-96b has no clouds. How did they reach this conclusion? They used sodium…
Astronomers Detected Helium in Exoplanet Atmosphere for the First Time
It’s the first time when astronomers have seen helium in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system. The…