The exoplanet transit method inherently misses a substantial number of planets due to its requirement for a direct line of sight and the random orientations of exoplanet orbits relative to Earth. The ...

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet — but this time, the way they found it may be as significant as the discovery itself. Researchers used a breakthrough combination of indirect and direct ...

To date, over 5,500 exoplanets — planets that orbit stars other than the sun — have been discovered, and a large portion of those alien worlds have been observed via something called "the transit ...

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NASA's TESS satellite identifies thousands of exoplanet candidates using the transit method, yet most detections are initial and necessitate extensive, resource-intensive follow-up observations for ...

If you've ever wanted to help find an exoplanet, this is your chance. There's a new open research initiative that invites participants to help identify exoplanets using simple visual pattern matching ...

Astronomers have invented a new method for searching out and spotting exoplanets. It combines two previous methods—astrometry and direct imaging—to narrow down targets before confirming the presence ...

Astronomers have long relied on two main methods to detect exoplanets—the transit method, which looks for dips in a star’s brightness when a planet passes in front of it, and the radial velocity ...

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An illustration of what it might look like to visit Kepler 16 b, a nearby exoplanet with twin suns. Credit: NASA Imagine a planet where molten diamond rains from the sky, hurled sideways by winds that ...

Scientists using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered an exoplanet, which NASA defines as “any planet beyond our solar system.” What's False However, the “strange signals” ...

Universe Today reports on a new telescope proposal that could help astronomers detect Earth-sized exomoons, explaining current limits, future technology, and why moons around distant planets matter ...