exoplanets
What are the Jovian Planets?
In the outer region of our Solar System lie four giant planets - also known as Jovians. And beyond our…
New System Discovered with Five Planets
NASA's planet-discovering Kepler mission suffered a major mechanical failure in May 2013, but thanks to innovative techniques subsequently implemented by…
Student Discovers Four New Planets
A student at the University of British Columbia has discovered four new exoplanets in Kepler data.
Weekly Space Hangout – May 20, 2016: Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Mike Brown is the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy at CalTech.…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 13, 2016: Christer Fuglesang
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first…
The Constellation Auriga
In the northern skies lies the constellation Auriga, one of the 44 described by Ptolemy and one of the 88…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 6, 2016: Paul Reichert – Photography in Space!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Paul Reichert is a Photo Instructor, NASA Johnson Space Center; International Space Station Mission…
Three New Earth-sized Planets Found Just 40 Light-Years Away
Three more potentially Earthlike worlds have been discovered in our galactic backyard, announced online today by the European Southern Observatory. Researchers using the…
An Old Glass Plate Hints at a Potential New Exoplanet Discovery
How astronomers found an potentially new and exciting exoplanetary system lurking on a glass plate stored away for nearly a…
Bayesian Analysis Rains On Exoplanet Life Parade
It's tempting to think that life is plentiful in the Universe, if only we could locate it. But a pair…