Extrasolar Planets
Exomoons? Kepler‘s On The Hunt
[/caption] Recently, I posted an article on the feasibility of detecting moons around extrasolar planets. It was determined that exceptionally…
Analysis of the First Kepler SETI Observations
[/caption] As the Kepler space telescope begins finding its first Earth-sized exoplanets, with the ultimate goal of finding ones that…
Four New Exoplanets to Start Off the New Year!
[/caption] It's only a few days into 2012 and already some new exoplanet discoveries have been announced. As 2011 ended,…
Suburu Telescope Captures Hidden Planets In Stellar Dust Ring
[/caption] No. It's not a new atomic image - it's a very unusual look at a star which could help…
Two More Earth-Sized Planets Discovered by Kepler, Orbiting Former Red Giant Star
[/caption] Amid all of the news last week regarding the discovery by Kepler of two Earth-sized planets orbiting another star,…
Discovery of Earth-Sized Worlds – Google+ Hangout
This is the live Google+ Hangout we did to discuss today's announcement of Earth-sized worlds orbiting another star. A big…
First Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found by Kepler
[/caption] December 2011 will go down in history as the first time humanity was able to detect an Earth-sized planet…
Aliens Hanging Out in the Kuiper Belt? We Could See the Light from their Cities
[/caption] When it comes to searching for ET, current efforts have been almost exclusively placed in picking up a radio…
The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog is Now Online!
[/caption] Anyone who has an interest in exoplanets probably knows about the various online catalogs that have become available in…
Carbon “Super Earths” – Diamond Planets
[/caption]During a laboratory experiment at Ohio State University, researchers were simulating the pressures and conditions necessary to form diamonds in…