2022 too short, too far: 5 times James Webb grabbed eyeballs

Telescope helped us understand how stars are born and unfolded Mars’ and Neptune’s secrets

Death by star: Scientists spot alien planet spiralling to ruin

Kepler-1658b’s orbit is getting closer to its ageing star; likely to crash in 2.5 million years

Scientists detect two water worlds 218 light years away

Study of the twin planets shows exoplanets are more diverse; new planet in same system discovered  

Heavy metal out there: Researchers detect barium in atmospheres of 2 exoplanets

Discovery of barium is surprising because heavy elements like barium are expected to quickly fall into the lower layers of the atmosphere

How did James Webb telescope detect CO2 in a giant Jupiter-like planet? Experts tell us

Detecting CO2 allows experts to understand the history and evolution of planets  

A new method to study the environment of exoplanets

A team of Indian astronomers has evolved a new method to understand the atmosphere of extrasolar planets

A real-life deluminator for spotting exoplanets by reflected starlight

Physics Nobel awarded for Big Bang-related theory and exoplanet discovery

US scientist James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz are recipients of the prize for 2019

Water vapour discovered on potentially ‘habitable’ planet

Using Hubble Space Telescope, scientists also detected the presence of hydrogen and helium in K2-18b's atmosphere

Here is a chance to name an exoplanet and its star

The International Astronomical Union is seeking suggestions from people all over the world to name a select set of exoplanets and their host stars

How did Uranus end up on its side? We've been finding out

Unlike all the other planets, which spin roughly upright with their spin axes at close to right angles to their orbits around the sun, Uranus is …

NASA’s TESS confirms 3 new exoplanets

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), in its search for extra-terrestrial life, recently confirmed the their existence