Month: July 2025

BROWN DWARFS AND EXOPLANETS – Substellar objects that can host planetary systems.

MINI-NEPTUNES – Planets between Earth and Neptune in size, with thick atmospheres.

SUPER-EARTHS – Planets more massive than Earth but smaller than Neptune, some potentially habitable.

HOT JUPITERS – Large gas giants that orbit very close to their host stars.

BIOSIGNATURES – Atmospheric molecules like oxygen or methane that may suggest the presence of life.

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) AND EXOPLANETS – A telescope that can analyze the atmospheres of exoplanets.

TESS (TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE) – Scans bright, nearby stars for transiting exoplanets.

KEPLER SPACE TELESCOPE – A NASA mission that discovered thousands of exoplanets using the transit method.

ORBITAL INCLINATION – The angle of a planet’s orbit in relation to our viewpoint, which affects visibility.

TRANSIT TIMING VARIATIONS (TTV) – Identifies planets by noting small irregularities in transit timing.