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Astronomers have found an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth to be potentially habitable, opening the search for life to planets significantly larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune.

̽»¨Ö±²¥most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge current theories of planet formation and has implications for the search for water in the solar system and beyond.

When Professor Didier Queloz spotted a light emitting from a star many light years away from the Earth, he thought it signalled the end of his PhD.

Queloz jointly wins the 2019 Physics Nobel for his work on the first confirmation of an exoplanet – a planet that orbits a star other than our Sun. 

An international group of astronomers has identified a rogue planet orbiting its star in the so-called Neptunian Desert.

Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first time that so many massive planets have been detected in such a young system. 

Scientists have identified a group of planets outside our solar system where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist. 

An international team of researchers have identified ‘fingerprints’ of multiple metals in one of the least dense exoplanets ever found. 

It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars - spinning neutron stars that emit short, quick pulses of radiation. According to new research, such planets must have an enormous atmosphere that converts the deadly x-rays and high energy particles of the pulsar into heat. ̽»¨Ö±²¥results, from astronomers at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge and Leiden ̽»¨Ö±²¥, are reported in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

An international team of astronomers has detected titanium oxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time. ̽»¨Ö±²¥, reported in the journal Nature, provide unique information about the chemical composition and the temperature and pressure structure of the atmosphere of this unusual and very hot world.