How common are planets like Earth? That’s been a question astronomers and dreamers have pondered for decades, and now, thanks…
Last week I held an interview with Dr. Sara Seager - a lead astronomer who has contributed vastly to the…
A newly verified planet found in data from the Kepler mission delivers on the space telescope’s task of finding Earth-size…
Astronomers have now discovered one thousand extrasolar planets, reaching a milestone in modern astronomy. (See a recent Universe Today article…
It was just last week that we reported on the oh-so-close approach to 1,000 confirmed exoplanets discovered thus far, and…
A faraway group of planets is puzzling scientists. Newly reported Kepler-56's system has three planets -- two smaller ones close…
A quiet milestone in modern astronomy may soon come to pass. As of today, The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia lists a…
Remains of a water-filled asteroid are circling a dying white dwarf star, right now, about 150 light-years from us. The…
As far as our understanding of life in the Universe goes, right now, we’re it. But the past decade has…
The planetary world keeps getting stranger. Scientists have found free-floating planets -- drifting alone, away from stars -- before. But…