Extrasolar Planets
Cheap Method for Finding Extrasolar Planets
Image credit: ESA Astronomers from the University of Texas at Austin believe they've figured out an inexpensive way to search…
Searching for Moons Around Distant Planets
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency is working on a new mission that could be able to detect moons…
Searching For Life on Non-Earthlike Planets
Image credit: NASA A team of astronomers from Ohio State University believe that we should be seeking life on a…
Hubble Identifies the Oldest Known Planet
Image credit: Hubble The Hubble Space Telescope was recently used to identify the oldest extrasolar planet ever discovered. The 2.5…
New Observatories Could Spot Waterworlds
Image credit: ESA The European Space Agency is planning a series of space-based observatories designed to search space for evidence…
Similar Solar System Discovered
Image credit: PPARC A team of international astronomers have discovered a planet which is remarkably similar to Jupiter. This new…
Astronomers Find Seven New Planets
Image credit: NASA A team of European astronomers announced this week that they have discovered seven new planets, bringing the…
Some Planets Could Form In Just 3 Million Years
An Earth-like planet could come together from a cloud of dust in as short as 3 million years according to…
Furthest Extrasolar Planet Discovered
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced today that they have discovered a Jupiter-class planet orbiting a star 5,000…
New Planetary System has Familiar Feel
Image credit: NASA Planet hunters have discovered a new extrasolar system that looks remarkable like our own Solar System. Until…