Of the seven Earth-sized planets circling the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one world has become a special focus for astronomers. This planet ...

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for ...

Fresh JWST data and new models challenge methane hints on TRAPPIST-1e, showing the gas would be rare, unstable, and difficult ...

A team of researchers is challenging our understanding of the Solar System planets interior. The composition of Uranus and ...

The two outermost planets in the solar system are generally considered ice giants, yet we know little about their interiors.

Learn more about brown dwarfs, the cosmic misfits that blur the line between planet and star.

Burst from M-dwarf star could be powerful enough to strip the atmosphere of any planets that orbit it, with implications for ...

Journey beyond the asteroid belt to explore the solar system's majestic giants and mysterious outer reaches. We break down ...

To test this idea, the new study looks at an exoplanet known as VHS 1256b. It has a mass of around 20 Jupiters and is one of ...

The mystery of whether TRAPPIST-1e has an atmosphere capable of hosting life continues. Discover more about it.

More research is needed before scientists can determine whether the recently observed methane signatures point to the presence of an atmosphere or are simply the result of contamination from the host ...

Key components of the new spectrograph designed at UNIGE have been successfully tested. They will enable analysis of light from the exoplanet Proxima b.