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Some exoplanets in their stars' habitable zones may be distinctly uninhabitable due to solar flaring. Red dwarfs are known ...
WASP-121b is unlike anything in our Solar System. This giant planet orbits its star so closely that it completes a full orbit ...
A young planet named HIP 67522 causes violent eruptions on its star, dramatically accelerating the loss of its own atmosphere ...
A planet that is snuggled up closely with its host star may be igniting colossal flares that strip it of its own mass.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an exoplanet no one had seen before. This marks a turning point in space ...
Here, Cyril tells us about his work and how it could help answer the ultimate astronomical question – is there life elsewhere ...
Astriking discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled the bizarre and fascinating nature of the exoplanet ...
Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.
The search for extraterrestrial life oscillates between hope and skepticism. A recent study reports promising clues about a distant exoplanet, reigniting the debate. The case of exoplanet K2-18 b ...
A team of international researchers led by Tomas Stolker in the Netherlands has imaged a young gas giant exoplanet near a 12-million-year-old star. The planet is orbiting a star whose planet formation ...
Dr Cyril Bourgenot from our Centre for Advanced Instrumentation is part of a team developing cutting-edge technology to enable astronomers to look ...
A giant gas planet comparable in size to Saturn exists around a small red dwarf star. The discovery is beyond the scope of ...