Extrasolar Planets
Rocky, Low-Mass Planet Discovered by Microlensing
[/caption] In planet hunting today, there seems to be one burning question that nearly every new article published touches…
New Planetary System Has South African Astronomers Doing A Double Take
[/caption] Double your pleasure... Double your fun... Double twin planets found orbiting a double sun! Are you ready for the…
Exoplanet Kepler-7b Unexpectedly Reflective
[/caption] Early on in the hunt for extra solar planets, the main method for discovering planets was the radial…
Multi-Planet Systems Common in Kepler Findings
[/caption] Of the 1235 planetary candidates that NASA's Kepler space telescope has found so far, 408 reside in multiple-planet…
A New “Spin” On Stellar Age
[/caption] It might not be polite to ask a lady her true age, but when it comes to stars it's…
Want to Make Planets? Better Hurry.
[/caption] Currently, astronomers have two competing models for planetary formation. In one, the planets form in a single, monolithic collapse.…
Kepler Team Announces New Rocky Planet
[/caption] Today at the American Astronomical Society conference in Boston, the Kepler team announced the confirmation of a new…
Lone Planets “More Common Than Stars”
[/caption] We happen to live in a solar system where everything seems to be tucked neatly in place. Sun, planets,…
The Flip Side of Exoplanet Orbits
[/caption] It was once thought that our planet was part of a "typical" solar system. Inner rocky worlds, outlying gas…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Planet Spotting
[/caption] The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia counted 548 confirmed extrasolar planets at 6 May 2011, while the NASA Star and Exoplanet…