Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

These changing environments will have a direct impact on the nature of these exoplanets. The most common size of world is one we do not have in our solar system, these planets have radii greater than ...

For centuries, planets beyond our solar system—called exoplanets—existed only in theory and science fiction. It seemed nearly impossible to detect planets light-years away, since the ...

It could also lay the foundation for finding other habitable planets outside the solar system. Exoplanets are shy Exoplanets — planets outside our solar system — are not the most photo ...

Pedro Machado is a member of the Ariel Consortium board and coordinator of the Ariel working group that links the study of atmospheres of exoplanets with that of the solar system. More information ...