#Exoplanet Discovery

Articles (5)

• 🇺🇸 Saturn-mass world discovered orbiting two low-mass stars — 21/03/2026 [USA]

  You just established a settlement on an Earth-like planetary body far from our solar system. You did your evening chores after eating dinner, and you want to go out for the evening view, which consist...

  Related: #Astronomy
• 🇺🇸 This Super-Puff Planet is Hiding its True Nature Behind Thick Haze — 20/03/2026 [USA]

  Super-puff planets have extremely low densities, and exoplanet scientists aren't sure why. They seem to defy our understanding of how planets form. Researchers used the JWST to observe the atmosphere ...

  Related: #Atmospheric Science
• 🇬🇧 ‘A molten, mushy state’: scientists may have found a new type of liquid planet — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Latest observations of L98-59d, about 35 light years from Earth, suggest it could be different to anything seen before</p><p>Astronomers have identified a planet composed of molten lava, suggesting...

  Related: #Planetary Science
• 🇺🇸 This Isn't Just Another Rocky World Orbiting a Red Dwarf. This One's Special — 12/03/2026 [USA]

  Rocky planets are found in abundance around M-type stars (red dwarfs), so finding another one doesn't always generate headlines. But an international team of astronomers say that one recent M-dwarf ro...

  Related: #Astronomy
• 🇺🇸 Starshade concept could reveal Earth-like exoplanets — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Finding Earth-like exoplanets with the composition and ingredients for life as we know it is the Holy Grail of exoplanet hunting. Since the first exoplanets were identified in the 1990s, scientists ha...

  Related: #Space Technology