[NASA] Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied planetary systems […]
Gas Giants
![Detection map of our sample (excluding system with inner giant planets). Red dots represent the known planets, including the new candidates discussed in Section 6.3. [astro-ph.EP]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/The-GAPS-Programme-.png?resize=1200%2C720&ssl=1)
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG LXXVII. Occurrence Rates Of Small Close-in Planets In The Presence Of Cold Jupiters
[astro-ph.EP] Context. The architecture of our Solar System, with inner small planets (ISPs) and outer giants, may or may not be common. Understanding whether a correlation exists between ISPs and […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
Photochemical Production of CS2 in Temperate-to-Warm Gas Giant Exoplanet Atmospheres
[astro-ph.EP] Sulfur chemistry has emerged as an important probe of exoplanet atmospheres in the JWST era, although observational constraints have thus far been largely limited to SO2 and H2S in […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets
C,N,O,S, And Photochemistry In A Temperate Giant Planet Orbiting A Late M Dwarf
[astro-ph.EP] We report the JWST NIRSpec/PRISM transit spectrum of TOI-6894b, an exceptional 420 K sub-Saturn that is the only known giant planet transiting a late M dwarf. Remarkably, both the […]
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TESS Reveals The Puffiest Exoplanets Ever Found
Data from NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has revealed two new “super-puff” planets, giant worlds so light that their density is comparable to cotton candy. Scientists calculate that […]
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Direct Imaging Discovery of Giant Exoplanet β Pictoris d: A Decade-Long Game of Hide-and-Seek
We report the direct imaging discovery of a third exoplanet in the β Pictoris system. We detect β Pictoris d in non-coronagraphic observations obtained with VLT/ERIS as well as multi-epoch […]
Posted inAstrogeology, Astronomy & Telescopes, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
First Ever Live Observation Of The Rotation Of A Planetary Nursery
The rotation of a protoplanetary disc (a disc where planets are being formed) has been observed directly for the very first time by mapping the emissions from the dust grains […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Brown Dwarfs, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Status Report, Stellar Cartography
The Pan-Pacific Planet Search — IX. A Menagerie Of Companions Orbiting Evolved Stars
We present resolutions as to the nature of six speculative candidate companions proposed in the final data release of the Pan-Pacific Planet Search, a 6-year radial-velocity survey of 164 southern […]
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Habitable Zones, Magnetic Fields, Electromagnetism, bioelectricity,, Press Release
Strange Winds Reveal Strongest Hints Yet Of Magnetic Activity In Exoplanets
By measuring the strength of the invisible magnetic fields of seven ultra-hot Jupiters, astronomers have taken a major step toward understanding planets beyond our Solar System. A new study published […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Gas Giants, Ice Giant, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
NASA’s Roman Mission Preps to Unveil New Populations of Faraway Worlds
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to make a major leap in the hunt for worlds outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. Scientists expect the mission to […]