Extrasolar Planets
Pros and Cons of Various Methods of Interstellar Travel
A new study by a UK scientists takes a look at the different means of interstellar travel, and considers the…
One of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Has an Iron Core
According to a new study by a team of Columbia University's Cool Worlds Lab, one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets had…
How Many Planets is TESS Going to Find?
According to a new study, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is estimated to find over 4000 planets during its first…
The DARKNESS Instrument Will Block Stars and Reveal Their Planets. 100 Million Times Fainter than the Star
An international team of scientists has developed the DARKNESS camera, which will allow astronomers to directly study planets around nearby…
The Challenges of an Alien Spaceflight Program: Escaping Super Earths and Red Dwarf Stars
According to two new papers submitted by a Harvard Professor and an independent scientists, extra-terrestrials might have a hard time…
Proxima Centauri Just Released a Flare so Powerful it was Visible to the Unaided Eye. Planets There Would Get Scorched
According to a new study, Proxima Centauri experiences superflare activity that would likely render its exoplanet (Proxima b) uninhabitable
A New Extrasolar Planet Has The Composition of Mercury, but 2.5 Times the Mass of Earth
A team of international astronomers recently discovered a Super Earth with a similar composition of Mercury, and is several times…
TRAPPIST-1 Planets Might Actually Have Too Much Water to be Habitable
A new study has cast doubt on whether or not the TRAPPIST-1 system could be habitable, indicating that it has…
Kepler’s Almost Out of Fuel. It’ll Make its Last Observation in a Few Months
The Kepler mission, which is responsible for the majority of exoplanet discoveries, is running out of fuel and will be…
Proxima Centauri Just Released a Deadly Flare, so it’s Probably not a Great Place for Habitable Planets
A new study recorded a massive flare coming from Proxima Centauri, a finding which casts doubt on it having any…