exoplanets

Astronomers think they’ve found an extrasolar planet covered in volcanoes like Jupiter’s moon Io, but this world is about...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, was designed to find other worlds. Following in the tradition of...

Vacations can be quite enjoyable. Visiting historic cities, lounging in the Sun on a tropical beach, or snuggling...

In this era of exoplanet discovery, astronomers have found over 5,000 confirmed exoplanets, with thousands more awaiting confirmation and...

The differences between Earth and Venus are obvious to us. One is radiant with life and adorned with...

While the Earth absorbs a lot of energy from the Sun, a lot of it is reflected back into...

AU Microscopii is a small red dwarf star about 32 light-years away. It’s far too dim for the...

It’s no secret that the study of extrasolar planets has exploded since the turn of the century. Whereas...