exoplanets
Surprising Discovery. Four Giant Planets Found Around a Very Young Star
What exactly is a "normal" solar system? If we thought we had some idea in the past, we definitely don't…
First Exomoon Found! A Neptune-Sized Moon Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet
A pair of astronomers combing through data from the Kepler spacecraft have discovered the first exomoon. The moon is in…
Technosignatures are NASA’s New Target for Detecting Other Civilizations in Space. Wait. What’s a Technosignature?
A NASA workshop on Technosignatures paves the way for a new approach to the search for intelligent life.
New Video Shows Construction Beginning on the World’s Largest Telescope
A new video released by the ESO illustrates the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, which will be the world's…
Europan Space Whales Anyone? Planets Covered by Deep Oceans Can Still Have Life on Them
According to a new study by a pair of researchers, planets covered in deep oceans (aka. "water worlds") may be…
Estimating When Life Could Have Arisen on Earth
A new study by a team of Canadian researchers places new constraints on when life first emerged on Earth, which…
How the Next Generation of Ground-Based Super-Telescopes will Directly Observe Exoplanets
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, astronomers will be able to directly observe exoplanets using…
There are so Many Water-Worlds Out There
According to new research that was presented at the 2018 Goldschmidt Conference, "water worlds" may be more common than previously…
Another Way to Search for Biosignatures of Alien Life. The Material Blasted out of Asteroid Impacts
According to a new study by an international team of researchers, a good way to look for signs on life…
This Planet is so Metal. Iron and Titanium Vapour Found in the Atmosphere of an “Ultra-Hot Jupiter”
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, the gas giant KELT-9b is so hot that its…