exoplanets
Lonely But Not Alone: A Planet Orbits its Star at 1 Trillion Kilometres
A recently discovered planet that orbits its star at 1 trillion kilometres raises questions about our understanding of solar system…
Why Haven’t We Heard From All The Aliens? Because They’re All Dead!
According to researchers from Australia National University, the reason humanity has found no evidence of alien life may be because…
Weekly Space Hangout – Nov. 13, 2015: Daniel Stern, Project Scientist on NuSTAR
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Daniel Stern, Project Scientist on NuSTAR. Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Alessondra…
A New “Mathematical” Definition Proposed for What Constitutes a Planet
In the current (heated) debate of what constitutes a planet, it seems everyone can agree at least one thing: The…
New Visualization Shows Incredible Variety of Extraterrestrial Worlds
Here’s a great new poster showing over 500 extrasolar planets (about one quarter of the total) that have been discovered…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 9, 2015: Nobel Prizes, Private Moon Launches & Water on Pluto!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Paul Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Kimberly Cartier (@AstroKimCartier )…
Watch This Amazing Video of an Exoplanet in Motion
Exoplanet Beta Pic b orbiting Beta Pictoris from Dunlap Institute on Vimeo. Just. Wow. The motion of an alien world,…
The Planet Jupiter
Jupiter is the 5th planet in the Solar System, and the largest by far, easily visible in the night sky…
Newest Planet: Is it Pluto, Eris or Extrasolar?
With astronomers discovering new planets and other celestial objects all the time, you may be wondering what the newest planet…
What is the Habitable Zone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6g7c00v_nY We've found hundreds of exoplanets in the galaxy. But only a few of them have just the right combination…