Tootfinder

Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky #exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea9708 ->
Earth-like exoplanet could have life-supporting water on its surface / We’ve seen helium baked off a rocky exoplanet’s atmosphere: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/16/atmosphere-lhs-1140b-exoplanet-could-water-scientists / https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/weve-seen-helium-baked-off-a-rocky-exoplanets-atmosphere/

VLT/CRIRES observations of warm Neptune WASP-107 b - challenges in detecting molecules with ground-based transmission spectroscopy of cooler and cloudy exoplanets: #Exoplanet Observations More Than Expected: https://www.uu.se/en/department/physics-and-astronomy/research/astronomy-and-space-physics/news/archive/2026-09-22-clouds-affect-exoplanet-observations-more-than-expected

A Century of Radial-velocity and Astrometric Monitoring of 70 Oph AB - New PFS Data and Constraints on Possible Planetary Companions: #Exoplanet Observations More Than Expected: https://news.umich.edu/suns-set-on-hunt-for-giant-planets-in-nearby-binary-system/

Discovery of radio emission from the #exoplanet β Pictoris b: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.16720 -> Landmark discovery could help us search for habitable worlds: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/radio-signals-detected-beta-pictoris-b and https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-detect-radio-signals-coming-directly-from-an-exoplanet-for-the-first-time

Upside down - GJ 3090 b the first retrograde exoplanet around an M dwarf detected with NIRPS: #exoplanet orbits in the opposite direction of its star / First ‘backwards’ planet discovered around a small star challenges ideas about how planets form: https://www.unige.ch/medias/en/2026/une-exoplanete-rebelle-tourne-rebours-de-son-etoile / https://www.qmul.ac.uk/news/latest-news/2026/science-and-engineering/se/first-backwards-planet-discovered-around-a-small-star-challenges-ideas-about-how-planets-form.html