Exoplanets - NASA Science
Mar 10, 2025 · Get set for launch. “Eyes on Exoplanets” will fly you to any planet you wish—as long as it's far beyond our solar system. This fully rendered 3D universe is scientifically accurate, allowing you to zoom in for a close look at more than 1,000 exotic planets known to …
Eight nights of Exoplanet Light – Exoplanet Exploration: Planets …
Dec 14, 2022 · For the holidays, we’re bringing you eight examples of light from real planets beyond our solar system. These real images show exoplanets light-years (aka trillions of miles) away from Earth. Exoplanets are far away, and they …
The nearest potentially habitable planet to Earth – Exoplanet ...
Dec 16, 2015 · UNSW Australia astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system so far, orbiting a star just 14 light-years away.
Distant Planet May Be On Its Second Atmosphere, NASA's Hubble …
Mar 11, 2021 · Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star that may have lost its atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanic activity.
Hubble Pins Down Weird Exoplanet with Far-Flung Orbit
Dec 10, 2020 · An exoplanet in an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away may offer a clue to a mystery much closer to home: a hypothesized, distant body in our own solar system dubbed "Planet Nine."
Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: an Exoplanet Atmosphere
Apr 25, 2024 · This infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope called a spectrum tells astronomers that a distant gas planet, a so-called "hot Jupiter" called HD 209458b, might be smothered with high clouds.
Discovery Alert: A 'Super-Earth' in the Habitable Zone
Jan 31, 2024 · The discovery: A “super-Earth” ripe for further investigation orbits a small, reddish star that is, by astronomical standards, fairly close to us – only 137 light-years away. The same system also might harbor a second, Earth-sized planet.
NASA finds a large amount of water in an exoplanet's atmosphere
Mar 1, 2018 · Scientists used NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to find water "fingerprints" in the atmosphere of a hot, bloated, Saturn-mass exoplanet some 700 light-years away.
5 Ways to Find a Planet - Exoplanet Exploration
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.
WASP-121b: A ‘Heavy Metal' Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football
Aug 5, 2019 · The planet is so dangerously close to its star that its upper atmosphere reaches a blazing 4,600 degrees Fahrenheit. A torrent of ultraviolet light from the host star is heating the planet's upper atmosphere, which is causing the magnesium and iron gas to escape into space.