Extrasolar Planets
No Earth-Sized Planet Hunting for Kepler Until 2011
[/caption] A glitch in the Kepler spacecraft's electronics means the space telescope will not have the ability to spot an…
Organic Molecules Detected in Exoplanet Atmosphere
[/caption] The basic chemistry for life has been detected the atmosphere of a second hot gas planet, HD 209458b. Data…
HARPS Discovers 32 New Exoplanets
[/caption] Astronomers have found 32 new planets outside our solar system with the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better…
Rocky World COROT-7b Rains Rocks
[/caption] If any creature lives on COROT-7b, the recently confirmed rocky exoplanet, they might think the sky is falling. This…
Smallest Expoplanet Yet Has Rocky Surface
[/caption] More details are emerging on the extrasolar planet that was discovered by the CoRoT satellite back in February. New…
Send a Tweet to our Alien Friends on Gliese 581 D
[/caption] If you've ever wanted to communicate with aliens, here's your chance. Cosmos Magazine is offering the chance to send…
Biggest Exoplanet Yet Orbits the Wrong Way
[/caption] Planet hunters from the UK have discovered the largest exoplanet yet, and its uniqueness doesn't end there. Dubbed WASP-17,…
Kepler Scores its First Exoplanet Sighting
[/caption] NASA researchers have published confirmation this week that the Kepler mission will be able to reveal the presence of…
Exoplanet Has Oddball Orbit
[/caption] In what might be a evidence of planetary billiards, astronomers have found an exoplanet with an extremely odd orbit.…
Life on Earth — and Other Worlds — Could Last Longer Than Expected
[/caption] Most scientists predict that in about a billion years, the sun's ever-increasing radiation will have scorched the Earth beyond…