Extrasolar Planets
Transit Method Turns Up Planets
Of the 130 extrasolar planets discovered to date, most have been found using the radial velocity method, where a planet…
Largest Core in an Extrasolar Planet
Astronomers have found an extrasolar planet that contains the largest core ever seen in a planet. This planet orbits the…
Extrasolar Planet Reshapes Ring Around a Star
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a detailed image of a narrow, dusty ring around nearby star Fomalhaut. Although they…
Just How Earthlike is this New Planet?
When the recent discovery of a planet orbiting Gliese 876 was announced by astronomers, much of the interest focused on…
Large Rocky Planet Discovered
Astronomers have found the most Earthlike extrasolar planet discovered so far. This new planet is about 7.5 times the mass…
Podcast: Amateurs Help Find a Planet
Professional astronomers have got some powerful equipment at their disposal: Hubble, Keck, and Spitzer, just to name a few. But…
Amateurs Help Discover Extrasolar Planet
Two amateur astronomers from New Zealand, working with a team of astronomers from around the world have helped to discover…
Planet Forces its Star’s Rotation
Canadian astronomers using the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) Space Telescope have detected that a giant extrasolar planet has…
Probing the Atmosphere of an Extrasolar Planet
Astronomers working with the Canadian Microvariability & Oscillations of STars (MOST) space telescope have been able to indirectly probe the…
Exoplanet Image Confirmed
Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory have confirmed the first direct photograph of a planet orbiting another star. The…