Volcanic Hydrogen Gives Planets a Boost for Life
A new study by a team of astronomers from the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University indicates that habitable zones may be bigger than previously thought.
7 Questions For 7 New Planets
The TRAPPIST 7 have some explaining to do. Are they really Earth-like and potentially habitable?
Vortex Coronagraph A Game Changer For Seeing Close In Exoplanets
A new instrument installed on the Keck Observatory allows astronomers to see exoplanets that are very close to their stars.
Could Garnet Planets be Habitable?
A study presented at the 229th Meeting of the AAS examines how the composition of stars can produce very different kinds of rocky planets.
Beautiful Planetary Rings Are Dead Dwarf Planets! Dead Dwarf Planets!!!
A new study from a team of Japanese researchers shows that the rings of the gas giants might be the remains of dwarf planets, which they encountered billions of years ago
Talk About A Crowded Neighborhood: Closest Binary Stars With Multiple Planets Found
The more we look, the more we see the great diversity in planetary systems around other stars. And curiously, planet hunters are finding that most star systems are very different from our own. An example is a recently discovered system that is extremely crowded. It consists of a three giant planets in a binary (two …
What are the Planets of the Solar System?
The eight planets of the Solar System are a diverse and interesting bunch, ranging from airless and habitable terrestrial bodies to distant gas giants that rain diamonds!
What are the Jovian Planets?
In the outer region of our Solar System lie four giant planets – also known as Jovians. And beyond our Sun, thousands more are being found…
Student Discovers Four New Planets
A student at the University of British Columbia has discovered four new exoplanets in Kepler data.
What Are The Colors of the Planets?
When you remove all the touch-ups and filters, the planets of the Solar System look slightly different than you might imagine, especially in terms of color