"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...

Astrum Has NASA's Kepler discovered any exoplanets that may harbour life? Posted: March 4, 2025 | Last updated: March 17, 2025 The Kepler space telescope has helped us discover many potentially ...

Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...

"It’s death by a thousand cuts." Nasa's eagle-eyed Kepler Space Telescope spotted TrES-2b - the darkest known exoplanet - in 2011. It reflects less than 1% of any light that hits it, allowing it ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.

TRAPPIST-1, a star that plays host to at least seven Earth-sized planets only 40 light-years away, is the cool kid on the space ... to turn Kepler toward the system for observation. NASA expects ...

A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Hey there, little star. A new set of images taken by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope shows a faint, pixelated view of TRAPPIST-1, a small, dim star 40 light-years from Earth ...