The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study 25 hot Jupiters. It has helped to answer "questions important to our ...

"These results were a surprise – we found more stellar contamination of our data than we were expecting." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

On Nov. 27, 2001, NASA announced the first detection of an exoplanet atmosphere. Using the Hubble Space Telescope's spectrometer, astronomers observed HD 209458b, orbiting a 7th-magnitude, Sun-like ...

Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope and the New Horizons Pluto probe formed a cool tag team to investigate the mysterious seventh planet ...

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system. In 1995, a gas giant named 51 Pegasi b, which orbits a star similar to Earth's sun, etched its name in history as the first exoplanet ever ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has spied helium in the atmosphere of an exoplanet, WASP-107b, for the first time in history. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

The James Webb Telescope is reshaping our understanding of distant worlds, revealing exoplanet atmospheres, potential ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope ...

The investigation shows what is needed to directly image more planets beyond the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.