Extrasolar Planets
Citizen Planet Hunters Find a Planet in a Four-Star System
A family portrait of the PH1 planetary system: The newly discovered planet is depicted in this artist's rendition transiting the…
Nearby Exoplanet Could Be Covered With Diamond
Illustration of 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth that's thought to have a thick layer of diamond (Yale News/Haven Giguere) If…
Researchers Present the Sharpest Image of Pluto Ever Taken from Earth
A "speckle image" reconstruction of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon (Gemini Observatory/NSF/NASA/AURA) Real planet, dwarf planet, KBO, who cares?…
Award-Winning Short Film is Set on an Exoplanet
A new short film called "Grounded" portrays an astronaut stranded on another planet. The film combines great storytelling with stunning…
Planets Found in a Cluster of Buzzing Stars
Artist's illustration of a planet within a cluster. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech There's a classic science fiction story called Nightfall, written…
Possible Subterranean Life Means More Exoplanets Could Harbor Life
Artistic representation of the current five known potential habitable worlds. Will this list broaden under a new habitability model? Credit:…
How Planetary Resource’s Asteroid Search Could Help Find Exoplanets
Planetary Resources is the private company that wants to eventually mine asteroids for profit. But initially, the group will focus…
On the Hunt for High-Speed Sprites
A bright red sprite appears above a lightning flash in a photo captured from the ISS Back on April 30,…
A First: Star Caught in the Act of Devouring a Planet
How’s this for a depressing look into Earth’s potential future: astronomers have witnessed the first evidence of a planet's destruction…
What If All of Kepler’s Exoplanets Orbited the Same Star?
That's exactly the scenario shown by a mesmerizing animation called "Worlds" by Alex Parker -- a single system containing 2299…