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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

NASA is funding research for a conceptual telescope called a "solar gravitational lens" that could observe distant exoplanets at an astonishing resolution.

NASA Telescope Idea Could Spot Vegetation on Distant Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have a new theory which may help explain the strange exoplanets whose shape suggests they must have the density of cotton candy.

New Theory Could Explain Exoplanets With “Density of Cotton Candy”

A team of astronomers at Penn State just confirmed the existence of G 9-40b, a gigantic super-Earth only roughly 90 light years from Earth.

This Gigantic Neptune-Sized Exoplanet is Incredibly Close

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's new instrument, NEID, can measure the mass of a distant exoplanet with three times the sensitivity of any other equipment out there.

Here’s How NASA’s New Machine Weighs Exoplanets

By Dan Robitzski

Scientists just shared new information on the bizarre class of exoplanets that they'e named "super-puffs" due to their cotton candy-like fluffiness.

These Rare Exoplanets Have the “Density of Cotton Candy”

By Dan Robitzski

After analyzing the atmospheres of 19 exoplanets, researchers determined that 14 contained water vapor — more than they'd anticipated.

Survey Finds That Water Is Common Around Exoplanets

By Kristin Houser

In a distant star system, two fully-formed exoplanets crashed into each other, leaving an unusual trail of space dust and debris in their wake.

Two Exoplanets Collided, Leaving a Trail of Planetary Gore

By Dan Robitzski

The idea of colonizing exoplanets if Earth becomes uninhabitable is "completely crazy," according to Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Michel Mayor.

Nobel-Winning Astrophysicist Says We’ll Never Colonize Exoplanets

By Kristin Houser

NASA just dropped an astonishing elaborate map of the over 4,003 exoplanets that we know to exist outside our Solar System.

NASA Just Released an Incredible Map of All Known Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

NASA's TESS mission has a new discovery: a small exoplanet named L 98-59b, the tiniest TESS has ever spotted, which NASA says could have its own atmosphere.

NASA’s TESS Mission Has Spotted Its Smallest Exoplanet Ever

By Natalie Coleman

A newly-discovered exoplanet called Teegarden b is more similar to Earth than any other world scientists have spotted so far.

Scientists Find the Most Earth-Like Exoplanet Ever — and It’s Nearby

By Dan Robitzski

A new theory suggests that a type of exoplanet two to four times the size of Earth ("sub-Neptunes") is likely to be a water world, not a gas dwarf.

Exoplanet “Water Worlds” Could Hold Unfathomably Deep Alien Oceans

By Victor Tangermann

For the first time, astronomers have used a technique known as optical interferometry to study an exoplanet — and it could help in our hunt for aliens.

New Method Could Help Astronomers Find Life-Supporting Exoplanets

By Kristin Houser

Scientists published more data about an exoplanet named K2-22b, just one of three ever observed to be disintegrating in real time.

Astronomers Are Watching as a Neptune-Sized Exoplanet Disintegrates

By Dan Robitzski

Barnard's Star b, a nearby exoplanet, could have 'life zones' under its frigid surface, according to a team of astrophysicists.

One of the Closest Exoplanets to Earth Could Support Alien Life

By Kristin Houser

Veloce, a new astronomical tool that can spot Earth-sized planets tightly orbiting dim stars, was just installed in an Australian observatory.

This Upgraded Telescope Hunts Exoplanets Orbiting Dim Stars

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)

SpaceX Just Launched NASA’s Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope (Gee I Wonder What They’ll Find)

By Claudia Geib

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine

To Understand The Atmospheres Of Distant Exoplanets, Look To Your Car Engine

By Claudia Geib

Now Anyone Can Hunt For Exoplanets

Now Anyone Can Hunt For Exoplanets

By Chelsea Gohd

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The Kepler Mission Has Discovered Nearly 100 New Exoplanets

By Chelsea Gohd

One Scientist Has a Plan to Send the Building Blocks of Life to Distant Exoplanets

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The ExoLife Finder Telescope Could Revolutionize the Search for Life on Exoplanets

Scientists Discover 3 New “Super-Earth” Exoplanets

Scientists Discover 3 New “Super-Earth” Exoplanets

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

PLATO Deep-Space Observatory Will Search for Exoplanets and Alien Life

PLATO Deep-Space Observatory Will Search for Exoplanets and Alien Life

Soon, We’ll Know if TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Could Support Life

Soon, We’ll Know if TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Could Support Life

By June Javelosa

Have We Already Discovered the First Habitable Exoplanet?

Have We Already Discovered the First Habitable Exoplanet?

By Todd Jaquith

The Proxima Centauri Exoplanet: ESO Press Conference Set for Tomorrow

The Proxima Centauri Exoplanet: ESO Press Conference Set for Tomorrow

By Cecille De Jesus

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A Quick Rundown: The Five Closest Exoplanets That Could Potentially Support Life

By Michelle Lee

Two Exoplanets Discovered by the Kepler K2 Mission Are Candidates for Hosting Life

Two Exoplanets Discovered by the Kepler K2 Mission Are Candidates for Hosting Life

By Cecille De Jesus

Astronomers Find a Strange System with Two Unique Exoplanets

Astronomers Find a Strange System with Two Unique Exoplanets

By Jelor Gallego

Kepler Helps Discover Five Exoplanets Orbiting Star Similar to Our Sun

Kepler Helps Discover Five Exoplanets Orbiting Star Similar to Our Sun

By Jelor Gallego

Monster Twins: Two New Exoplanets Twice the Size of Jupiter Discovered

Monster Twins: Two New Exoplanets Twice the Size of Jupiter Discovered

By Darwin Batinga

Astronomers Have a New Tool in the Search For Habitable Exoplanets

Astronomers Have a New Tool in the Search For Habitable Exoplanets

By Todd Jaquith

Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered Just 39 Light-Years Away

Earth-Sized Exoplanet Discovered Just 39 Light-Years Away

By Miguel Santos

Kepler ‘K2′ Finds First Exoplanet, A ‘Super-Earth

Kepler ‘K2′ Finds First Exoplanet, A ‘Super-Earth

Newfound Exoplanets Are Most Earth-Like Yet

First Visible Light Detected Directly From an Exoplanet

First Visible Light Detected Directly From an Exoplanet

By Matthew Lincoln

New Exoplanet Too Big for its Stars

New Exoplanet Too Big for its Stars

By Fred Peterson

NASA Might Have Found an Earth-Like Exoplanet

NASA Might Have Found an Earth-Like Exoplanet

8 Confirmed Exoplanets That Could Host Alien Life

8 Confirmed Exoplanets That Could Host Alien Life

By Hashem AL-ghaili

New Method Allows Scientists to Detect Traces of Life on Exoplanets

New Method Allows Scientists to Detect Traces of Life on Exoplanets

By Hashem AL-ghaili

Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting in Habitable Zone of Two Stars

Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting in Habitable Zone of Two Stars

Astronomers Discover Young Jupiter-Like Exoplanet 100 Light-Years Away

Astronomers Discover Young Jupiter-Like Exoplanet 100 Light-Years Away

By Hashem AL-ghaili

Why Billions of Exoplanets Are Suddenly Looking More Habitable