When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. An illustration of a hot Jupiter orbiting a red dwarf star. | Credit: T. Müller (MPIA/HdA) Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to detect a new “super-Jupiter” planet that is one of the coldest worlds ever… Read More »
Scientists using the NASA space telescope have discovered an exciting world. It is about the size of Earth, very close to our solar system, and could be suitable for life as we know it. The extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” called Gliese 12 b, orbits a small, cool red dwarf star about 40 light-years from Earth… Read More »
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet orbiting an ultra-cool red dwarf star similar in size to Jupiter. Located about 55 light-years away, the red dwarf is 100 times less luminous than the Sun and half as hot as our star. This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is called SPECULOOS-3 and represents the second planetary system… Read More »
Astronomers have discovered that a scorching hot planet twice the size of Jupiter is orbiting in a death spiral that will drag it towards its parent star. Cosmically speaking, a collision is expected to occur relatively soon. Researchers have been predicting for some time that this planet, called WASP-12b, would eventually dive towards its star,… Read More »
Scientists have discovered that a potentially habitable planet has been stripped of its atmosphere; This is a process that could eventually make the world, Trappist-1e, and life uninhabitable. The stripping appears to be caused by electrical currents generated as the planet orbits its red dwarf host star. This is an important discovery because the Trappist-1… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have discovered a “super-Earth,” or a world larger than our planet, orbiting a star about 137 light-years away. There may also be a second planet, thought to be the size of Earth, orbiting the… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Astronomers have discovered a “super-Earth,” or a world larger than our planet, orbiting a star about 137 light-years away. There may also be a second planet, thought to be the size of Earth, orbiting the… Read More »
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected methane and water vapor in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like world located approximately 163 light-years away. Astronomers made this discovery by using this powerful infrared space telescope to monitor the exoplanet.outer planetWASP-80 b passes by the face of its parent red dwarf star, which it orbits approximately… Read More »