A team models the atmospheres of distant planets using neural networks. Researchers from LMU, the ORIGINS Excellence Cluster, the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), and the ...

How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the ...

Exoplanet magnetic fields were measured for the first time using ultra-hot Jupiter wind speeds in a June 2026 Nature ...

Step inside the research and imagination of Professor Sara Seager, a trailblazer in the search for life beyond Earth and a recipient of the 2024 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics. Exploring the staggering ...

Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two super-Earth exoplanets. The observations resulted in the discovery of ...

Using NASA data and machine learning, scientists have found over 10,000 possible new planets in a single survey. In a new study, researchers used machine learning to perform a sweeping survey of data ...

Astronomers have detected over 5,800 confirmed exoplanets. One extreme class is ultra-hot Jupiters, of particular interest because they can provide a unique window into planetary atmospheric dynamics.

The confirmed discovery of exoplanets revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Among the thousands of confirmed exoplanets, HD 20794 d in particular, recently attracted attention for a unique ...

An astrophysicist-in-training has found the youngest transiting exoplanet ever observed. Her discovery offers an unprecedented real-time peek at the earliest stages of a planet's existence—"early" in ...

The farthest planet from the Sun, Neptune, is the windiest place in the solar system, with winds that whip through at speeds reaching more than 0.3 miles per second (0.5 kilometers per second). That’s ...