Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

When scientists first found Enaiposha, they thought it was a mini-Neptune, a small gas planet with an icy core.

The discovery of two new planets beyond our solar system by a team of astronomers from The University of Warwick and the ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

New observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike ...

Planets beyond our Solar System are called exoplanets The first exoplanet was discovered in 1992 ... the planet should not be classified as a super-Earth, but as a mini Neptune instead.

The WASP-132 system contains a Hot Jupiter (in the foreground), an inner super-Earth (here transiting in front of the orange ...

When the simulations were tweaked a bit, he found it was possible to add a super-Earth to our system without unleashing total chaos. For example, if the hypothetical planet were made just a bit ...

Emily Simpson has loved space since she was a 10-year-old kid celebrating her birthday at a planetarium. Now a recent Florida ...

The exoplanet Enaiposha, or GJ 1214 b, is a hazy world orbiting a red dwarf star about 47 light-years from Earth. Previously likened to a mini-Neptune, in-depth observations obtained using JWST now ...

Recent studies have revealed that, until now, Hot Jupiters seem to be the only planet in orbit around their host star. This ...

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...