Two planets with Earth-like masses have been found in orbit around the red dwarf star GJ 1002, which is close to our solar system, by an international team of scientists led by IAC researchers.
The James Webb Telescope's array of highly sensitive instruments zeroed in on the atmosphere of WASP-39 b, a "hot Saturn" — a planet roughly the size of Saturn orbiting a star 700 light-years away
Amateur astronomers are invited to confirm exoplanet candidates using either Unistellar's eVscope or another telescope, the SETI Institute and its partner Unistellar have announced.
Three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth have been discovered by Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory.
Calculations show that billions of stars in the Milky Way will have one to three planets in the habitable zone, where there is the potential for liquid water and where life could exist.
Beta Pictoris b, also known as HD 39060, SAO 234134 and HIP 27321, orbits around the star Beta Pictoris, about 63 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Pictor.
