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Further analysis revealed the planet is a gas giant roughly six times Jupiter’s size, still retaining some of the heat from its formation. Despite being about 13 million years old, astronomically speaking, it is a newborn. (Image: AI generated)

Astronomers spot a rare planet orbiting twin stars with a 300-year-long year

December 13, 2025 9:26 am

A Hidden Tatooine-like world has been found. The discovery sheds new light on how planets form and survive in extreme multi-star environments.

One of the exoplanets orbiting the two “failed stars”, about 120 light-years away from Earth, is similar to the legendary desert planet Tatooine from Star Wars, which is well-known for its double sunsets. (AI-generated image: DALLE)

3 Earth-sized exoplanets may have Star Wars-like double sunsets, researchers find

October 29, 2025 10:03 am

The team received their initial indications regarding these three remote Earth-like planets when they analysed data from Nasa’s planet-hunting spacecraft TESS.

Life beyond Earth: A hyperrealistic visual of a sapling growing on an alien planet. (AI-generated image by DALLE)

Are we alone? The search for alien life in exoplanets

July 15, 2025 5:07 pm

Life beyond Earth: Astronomers have discovered thousands of exoplanets, some in the so-called habitable zone, Does that mean these planets could host life?

An illustration of a newly discovered wide orbit gas giant exoplanet (Image credit: Robert Lea)

NASA's exoplanet hunting spacecraft discovers a 'cool' new alien world that's bigger than Jupiter

July 02, 2025 9:23 am

Named TOI-4465 b, the exoplanet caught astronomers' attention as it acts as a bridge between scorching gas giants and ice giants like Neptune.

Astronomers have spotted potential signs of life on K2-18b, but scientists are urging caution. (Express Image/FreePik)

Why it's too early to celebrate signs of alien life on K2-18b

May 02, 2025 3:28 pm

Scientists have found possible signs of life on a distant planet, but it’s too early to know for sure. Here’s what makes K2-18b so interesting.

Machine learning helps astronomers detect new alien planet

May 02, 2023 12:03 pm

Astronomers at the University of Georgia have, for the first time, used machine learning models to discover a previously unknown planet.

Astronomers discover that two distant exoplanets are mostly water

December 16, 2022 4:18 pm

A significant fraction of the volume of two distant exoplanets — Kepler-138c and Kepler-139d — is probably made up of water.

Newly found exoplanet will be consumed by its host star soon: study

January 17, 2022 7:24 pm

Future observations using the recently-launched James Webb Space Telescope could reveal more details about these newly-discovered planets.

Hot little planet as dense as iron zips around red dwarf star

December 03, 2021 5:31 pm

GJ 367b orbits its star once every 7.7 hours, placing it in a category of "ultra-short period" exoplanets that travel around their home stars in less than 24 hours.

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Scientists discover Earth-sized exoplanet bearing life-supporting signs in its habitable zone

October 27, 2020 5:23 pm

TOI-700d also becomes an enticing planet for astronomers to further cogitate their research upon because it orbits an M-dwarf star which is much cooler than the Sun while the planet itself is located in the absolute vicinity of the star.