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An exoplanet is every planet outside of our Solar System. Exoplanets are typically too small to be seen even by using the biggest Earth-based and space telescopes. They are usually found by analyzing the behavior of the star they are orbiting.
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JUL 29, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can lava planets, rocky exoplanets that are tidally locked and orbit so close to their stars that the intense heat ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 23, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can planets orbiting red dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recen ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 15, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanets teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 15, 2025Space & Astronomy
What methods can astronomers use to identify exoplanets orbiting within a young exoplanetary system’s disc of dust ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 30, 2025Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-like exoplanets orbit M dwarf stars (Red dwarf stars), which are smaller and cooler than our Sun? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can gas giant exoplanets orbiting far from their star teach scientists about the formation and evolution of gas gia ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 24, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can space weather from our Sun teach scientists about the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study p ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 11, 2025Space & Astronomy
What stage of a star’s life do planets start forming? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communicatio ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 10, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do exoplanet atmospheres form and evolve? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 10, 2025Space & Astronomy
What specific processes are responsible for planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 04, 2025Space & Astronomy
Science teaches us that stars are much larger than planets, but what about large planets that orbit small stars? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 03, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do ultra-hot Jupiters form and evolve? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 29, 2025Space & Astronomy
A team of international scientists recently published the discovery of nine new hot Jupiter exoplanets in The Astronomic ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 21, 2025Space & Astronomy
Can planets form and evolve within a protoplanetary disk—a region of gas and dust orbiting young stars—that ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 08, 2025Space & Astronomy
Why doesn’t our solar system have sub-Neptune exoplanets and what can they teach us about planetary formation and ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 28, 2025Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recently used a combination of space telescope observations and computer models to learn more about the supe ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
How common are super-Earth exoplanets throughout the universe? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 24, 2025Space & Astronomy
A recent discovery of a unique exoplanet continues to challenge our understanding of solar system dynamics as a recent s ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 22, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a planet that’s shedding its material teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 21, 2025Space & Astronomy
How can astronomers develop better methods for blocking the intense starlight of an exoplanetary system and reveal the e ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 15, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can sub-Neptunes, which are exoplanets whose size is between Earth and Neptune, teach astronomers about exoplanet f ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 14, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can an exoplanet falling into its own star tell astronomers about the formation and evolution of planetary systems? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 07, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can not finding life beyond Earth tell us about the universe? This is what a recent study published in The Astronom ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 28, 2025Space & Astronomy
How do water and hydrogen interact in planetary evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Jo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 29, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can lava planets, rocky exoplanets that are tidally locked and orbit so close to their stars that the intense heat
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 23, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can planets orbiting red dwarf stars teach scientists about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recen
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 15, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can ultra-hot Jupiter exoplanets teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 15, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What methods can astronomers use to identify exoplanets orbiting within a young exoplanetary system’s disc of dust
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 30, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How many Earth-like exoplanets orbit M dwarf stars (Red dwarf stars), which are smaller and cooler than our Sun? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can gas giant exoplanets orbiting far from their star teach scientists about the formation and evolution of gas gia
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 24, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can space weather from our Sun teach scientists about the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study p
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 11, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What stage of a star’s life do planets start forming? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communicatio
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 10, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do exoplanet atmospheres form and evolve? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 10, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What specific processes are responsible for planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 04, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Science teaches us that stars are much larger than planets, but what about large planets that orbit small stars? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 03, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do ultra-hot Jupiters form and evolve? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 29, 2025
Space & Astronomy
A team of international scientists recently published the discovery of nine new hot Jupiter exoplanets in The Astronomic
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 21, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Can planets form and evolve within a protoplanetary disk—a region of gas and dust orbiting young stars—that
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 08, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Why doesn’t our solar system have sub-Neptune exoplanets and what can they teach us about planetary formation and
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 28, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers recently used a combination of space telescope observations and computer models to learn more about the supe
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How common are super-Earth exoplanets throughout the universe? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 24, 2025
Space & Astronomy
A recent discovery of a unique exoplanet continues to challenge our understanding of solar system dynamics as a recent s
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 22, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a planet that’s shedding its material teach astronomers about planetary formation and evolution? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 21, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How can astronomers develop better methods for blocking the intense starlight of an exoplanetary system and reveal the e
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 15, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can sub-Neptunes, which are exoplanets whose size is between Earth and Neptune, teach astronomers about exoplanet f
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 14, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can an exoplanet falling into its own star tell astronomers about the formation and evolution of planetary systems?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 07, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can not finding life beyond Earth tell us about the universe? This is what a recent study published in The Astronom
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 28, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How do water and hydrogen interact in planetary evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Jo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc