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Scientists using the James Webb took its first ever direct picture of an exoplanet that resulted in its discovery.

James Webb Discovers First-Ever Exoplanet by Taking a Picture of It

By Sharon Adarlo

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

Unfortunate Exoplanet Being Dragged by Star at Unfathomable Speed

By Frank Landymore

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers determined that an exoplanet could potentially harbor an Earth-like atmosphere.

James Webb Spots Habitable, Icy Exoplanet Relatively Close to Earth

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is sensitive enough to tell the weather on an exoplanet from 280 light-years away.

James Webb Detects Weather on Exoplanet From 280 Light Years Away

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have detected radio signals from a rocky planet revolving around its star, making it a strong candidate for an exoplanet with an atmosphere.

Scientists Intrigued by Repeating Signal From Earth-Sized Exoplanet

By Frank Landymore

Northwestern University astronomer Jason Wang has created a stunning timelapse of a number of planets orbiting a distant star.

Scientist Releases Amazing Video of Exoplanets Orbiting Distant Star

By Victor Tangermann

Astronomers accidentally discovered barium in the atmospheres of two Hot Jupiter exoplanets, and they can't figure out how it got there.

Astronomers Discover Heaviest Element Yet in Exoplanet’s Atmosphere

By Frank Landymore

Exoplanet SPECULOOS-2c, perhaps, can maybe give us an exact solar radiation level to be wary of. (Or a ballpark figure, at least.)

Scientists Think This Exoplanet Shows What Earth Will Become in the Future

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope just took its first direct image of an exoplanet, a gas giant, lurking outside of the Solar System.

James Webb Just Took Its First Direct Image of an Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made the first "clear detection" of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, according to NASA.

James Webb Spots “Clear Evidence” of CO2 in the Atmosphere of an Exoplanet

By Victor Tangermann

A team of astronomers have discovered evidence for yet another exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our closest neighboring star.

Scientists Find Life-Friendly Exoplanet They Say Is Close Enough to Visit

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of physicists suggests that treating the Sun like a giant gravitational lens would give us a clear view of distant exoplanets.

Giant Telescope Could Spot Individual Continents on Exoplanets

By Dan Robitzski

The European Space Agency just signed off on two years worth of feasibility studies, clearing an exoplanet-studying space telescope for launch in 2029.

Upcoming Space Telescope Will Study the Atmospheres of Distant Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists identified 24 distant exoplanets that all seem to have even better conditions for hosting life than Earth does.

Astronomers: These 24 Exoplanets May Be Better for Life Than Earth

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists thought exoplanets appeared bright in sky surveys because of reflective lava oceans, but new research shows something else has to be helping.

Super-Earth Exoplanets Could Have Bright-Shining Metallic Atmospheres

By Dan Robitzski

A class of exoplanets thought to resemble gas giants like Neptune may actually be rocky worlds covered in thick, heavily irradiated oceans.

“Mini-Neptune” Exoplanets May Actually Be Covered in Radioactive Oceans

By Dan Robitzski