Exoplanets
What Steps Are Needed To Find More Earths?
It wasn't so long ago that we found out there is an Earth-sized planet in a habitable zone of a…
Take a Fly-by Of All the Known Exoplanets
Here's a fun trip through the galaxy, put together by PhD student Tom Hands at the University of Leicester: In…
Kepler Has Found the First Earth-Sized Exoplanet in a Habitable Zone!
It's truly a "eureka" moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star's habitable…
First Microlensing Detection of a Planet Circling a Brown Dwarf Candidate
When astronomers detect new exoplanets they typically do so using one of two techniques. First, there's the famous transit technique,…
Giant Planet May Be Lurking In ‘Poisonous’ Gas Around Beta Pictoris
A Saturn-mass planet might be lurking in the debris surrounding Beta Pictoris, new measurements of a debris field around the…
New Technique Could Measure Exoplanet Atmospheric Pressure, an Indicator of Habitability
Measuring the atmospheric pressure of a distant exoplanet may seem like a daunting task but astronomers at the University of…
Mega Discovery! 715 Alien Planets Confirmed Using A New Trick On Old Kepler Data
Planet-watchers, some exciting news: you know how we keep talking about planet candidates, those planets that have yet to be…
New Technique Finds Water in Exoplanet Atmospheres
As more and more exoplanets are identified and confirmed by various observational methods, the still-elusive "holy grail" is the discovery…
We ‘Hype’ Alien World Findings Amid Little Data, Exoplanet Scientist Says
With exoplanet discoveries coming at us several times a month, finding these worlds is a hot field of research. Once…
New Planet-Hunting Telescope To Join Search For Alien Earths In 2024
How could life arise in young solar systems? We're still not sure of the answer on Earth, even for something…