Many protoplanetary disks in which new planets are formed are much smaller than thought. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) scientists of the Leiden Observatory (the ...

The primary mirror array will be 128 feet (39 meters) across, allowing it to gather more light and greater detail than any ...

An international team, including University of Geneva researchers, discovered a super-Earth named TOI-512 b orbiting a star ...

Large radial velocity surveys have been ongoing on these different instruments and have yielded a whole population of exoplanets of all kinds, from hot Jupiters to systems of Neptune-like objects to ...

The atmospheres of exoplanets are our observable window on the physical and chemical properties of these objects. In the last ten years, the study of exoplanetary atmospheres has become one of the ...

Reflecting on the potential for extraterrestrial life can inspire awe and have a profound effect on your worldview ...

JWST's findings in the HR 8799 system provide key insights into gas giant formation, revealing carbon dioxide and enriching ...

The Extremely Large Telescope under construction in Chile's Atacama Desert could detect signs of alien life on other planets ...