Theorists predict the presence of water, methane and carbon monoxide in the atmospheres of 'hot Jupiter' extrasolar planets, and last year, analysis of infrared observations obtained as planet HD ...

Planets orbiting other stars could in principle be found through the periodic dimming of starlight as a planet moves across—or ‘transits’—the line of sight between the observer and the star.

Extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have moved from being a novelty to a fundamental part of modern astronomy. Over 1500 exoplanets have been discovered and confirmed—with several thousand additional ...

We search for extrasolar planets and determine their properties. We develop models that describe the atmospheres of the planets. We want to find out what makes a planet favourable to life. Through ...

With the aid of NASA's exoplanet-hunter TESS, citizen scientists have discovered a new gas giant that is cool, literally and figuratively.

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

Extrasolar Planet News. Astronomers discover extrasolar planets in a nearby star system. Could extrasolar planets support life? Images, full-text articles. Free.

After three years of helping astronomers investigate known planets beyond the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered its first new planet.

An international team of astronomers has discovered an exoplanet that could be completely covered in water. An international team of researchers led by Charles Cadieux, a Ph.D. student at the ...

Astronomers have taken what they say are the first-ever direct images of planets outside of our solar system, including a visible-light snapshot of a single-planet system and an infrared picture ...

OGLE-TR56b is the first extrasolar planet discovered by the transit method. Radial velocity measurements support its existence. The star and planet lie 5,000 light-years away in the constellation ...

Proposed structure of an extrasolar planet that may contain hot water that remains solid under high pressure. Pont. This is the first time that researchers have determined the size, ...