"As with other stars orbited by exoplanets, the observed light curve of WASP-39 is flatter than previous models can explain." Researchers define a light curve as a measurement of the brightness of ...

Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...

Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor and thick clouds on LTT 9779 b, an ultra-hot Neptune locked in a ...

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA's ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...

The four exoplanets orbit Barnard’s Star so closely that their years last only a few Earth days. They are probably rocky and, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a 'rogue' cosmic object barrelling through our galaxy without a star, and covered ...

There are light curves that the JWST saw from SIMP 0136 ... "If we are looking at an exoplanet and can get only one measurement, we need to consider that it might not be representative of the ...