25 Years of Exoplanets: How Our Closest Star Revealed a Potentially Habitable World
Twenty-five years ago, the landscape of modern astronomy shifted permanently when researchers confirmed the existence of 51 Pegasi b, the first exoplanet discovered orbiting a sun-like star. This detection, made by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz, fundamentally challenged existing planetary formation models and ignited the ongoing global search for habitable worlds beyond our solar system. … Read more