An exoplanet host with several background stars. If left uncorrected, the additional light from the background stars can lead to underestimated exoplanet size measurements. The square grid represents ...

An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists. The planet, called WD 1856+534 b, is a gas giant exoplanet the size of ...

That would make it thousands of times more massive than any moon orbiting a solar system plane  — so massive it could make ...

A new study modeled the chemistry of TOI-270 d, an exoplanet between Earth and Neptune in size, finding evidence that it could be a giant rocky planet shrouded in a thick, hot atmosphere. TOI-270 d is ...

Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new ...

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The supposed "strange signals" were not mysterious at all, but commonly observed transit signals, according to NASA.

No planets cooler than about 35.33 degrees Fahrenheit had ever been detected. An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to ...