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First evidence for exoplanet to receive later confirmation. First exoplanets to be confirmed PSR B1257+12 B PSR B1257+12 C: PSR B1257+12: 1992 First super-Earths. [1] These exoplanets orbit a pulsar. First confirmed exoplanet around normal star 51 Pegasi b: 51 Pegasi: 1995 First convincing exoplanet discovered around a Sun-like star. [2]
WASP-121b, formally named Tylos, [2] is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-121. [5] [6] WASP-121b is the first exoplanet found to contain water in an extrasolar planetary stratosphere (i.e., an atmospheric layer in which temperatures increase as the altitude increases). [5] [6] WASP-121b is in the constellation Puppis, [7] and is about 858 ...
This list contain only confirmed planets. Many candidate planets were decected via astrometry, including Gliese 65 Ab (which would be the nearest planet detected by this method, if confirmed), 9,698 candidates shown in a paper [1] as well as many more detected via Hipparcos-Gaia astrometry in another studies.
WASP-39b, officially named Bocaprins, is a "hot Jupiter" extrasolar planet discovered in February 2011 [3] by the WASP project, notable for containing a substantial amount of water in its atmosphere. [1] [4] [5] In addition WASP-39b was the first exoplanet found to contain carbon dioxide in its atmosphere, [6] [7] and likewise for sulfur dioxide.
The exoplanets were found using a statistical technique called "verification by multiplicity". 95% of the discovered exoplanets were smaller than Neptune and four, including Kepler-296f, were less than 2 1/2 the size of Earth and were in habitable zones where surface temperatures are suitable for liquid water. [73] [74] [75]
The newly discovered exoplanets are 40 light-years away and may contain liquid water. ... "This is the first time that so many planets of this kind are found around the same star," continued ...
A potentially habitable exoplanet that is roughly similar in size to Earth has been found in a system located 40 light-years away, according to a new study.
At just 15 years old, Tom Wagg discovered what astronomers only began to find 20 years ago — a planet far from Earth, outside of our solar system. Wagg is one of the youngest to ever detect a ...