Extrasolar Planets
25% of Sun-Like Stars Could Host Earth-Sized Worlds
[/caption] A five-year survey of nearby solar-mass stars has provided astronomers with an estimate of how many stars of this…
The Hunt for Young Exoplanets
While there is a great deal of excitement and effort in the hopes of finding small, terrestrial sized exoplanets, another…
The Strange Warm Spot of upsilon Andromedae b
[/caption] If you set a big black rock outside in the Sun for a few hours, then go and touch…
The Tug of Exoplanets on Exoplanets
Earlier this year, I wrote about how an apparent change in the orbital characteristics of a planet around TrES-2b may…
The Habitability of Gliese 581d
The Gliese 581 system has been making headlines recently for the most newly announced planet that may lie in the…
Probing Exoplanets
Sometimes topics segue perfectly. With the recent buzz about habitable planets, followed by the raining on the parade articles we've…
Missing Molecules in Exoplanet Atmospheres
[/caption]Every day, I wake up and flip through the titles and abstracts of recent articles posted to arXiv. With increasing…
Buzz About Gliese 581g: Doubts of Its Existence; Aliens Signals Detected
[/caption] Ever since the announcement of the discovery of exoplanet Gliese 581g, there has been a buzz in the news,…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 202: The Planets at Gliese 581
With the discovery of a planet in the habitability zone of Gliese 581, the chances of finding life on other…
Comet Hartley 2 Scouted by WISE, Hubble for Upcoming Encounter
[/caption] In a little less than a month, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft (its current mission is called EPOXI) will fly…