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Exoplanet
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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MAY 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, MScMAR 18, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a star’s behavior teach scientists about the formation and evolution of sub-Neptune exoplanets, which com ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 18, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a h ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 17, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can carbon dioxide in an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a re ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 04, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can the atmosphere of a free-floating exoplanet teach astronomers about exoplanet formation and evolution? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 25, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can an extremely hot Neptune-sized exoplanet teach scientists about exoplanetary weather? This is what a recent stu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 20, 2025Space & Astronomy
Could white dwarf stars host habitable exoplanets that might support life as we know it? This is what a recent study pub ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 18, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach scientists about its weather patterns? This is what a recent ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 12, 2025Space & Astronomy
How fast can solar systems orbit our Milky Way Galaxy? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 11, 2025Space & Astronomy
How does a star’s activity influence exoplanet data obtained by scientists? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 04, 2025Space & Astronomy
What can Earth’s technosignatures—the potential signs of intelligence beyond Earth—teach us about find ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2025Space & Astronomy
Do weather patterns on exoplanets mimic those on Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astroph ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 21, 2025Space & Astronomy
Do habitable exoplanets exist that possess life as we know it? Scientists have pondered this longstanding question ever ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJAN 15, 2025Space & Astronomy
Do all exoplanets known as “hot” Jupiters orbit alone in their respective solar systems, as has long been ob ...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
MAR 18, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a star’s behavior teach scientists about the formation and evolution of sub-Neptune exoplanets, which com
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 18, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a h
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 17, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can carbon dioxide in an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a re
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 04, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can the atmosphere of a free-floating exoplanet teach astronomers about exoplanet formation and evolution? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 25, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can an extremely hot Neptune-sized exoplanet teach scientists about exoplanetary weather? This is what a recent stu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 20, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Could white dwarf stars host habitable exoplanets that might support life as we know it? This is what a recent study pub
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 18, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can a 3D map of an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach scientists about its weather patterns? This is what a recent
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 12, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How fast can solar systems orbit our Milky Way Galaxy? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2025
Space & Astronomy
How does a star’s activity influence exoplanet data obtained by scientists? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 04, 2025
Space & Astronomy
What can Earth’s technosignatures—the potential signs of intelligence beyond Earth—teach us about find
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Do weather patterns on exoplanets mimic those on Earth? This is what a recent study published in Astronomy & Astroph
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 21, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Do habitable exoplanets exist that possess life as we know it? Scientists have pondered this longstanding question ever
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 15, 2025
Space & Astronomy
Do all exoplanets known as “hot” Jupiters orbit alone in their respective solar systems, as has long been ob
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc