exoplanets
Take a Fly-by Of All the Known Exoplanets
Here's a fun trip through the galaxy, put together by PhD student Tom Hands at the University of Leicester: In…
Weekly Space Hangout – April 18, 2014: Another Earth, Dragon Launch, LADEE Impact
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Casey Dreier, Brian Koberlein, Jason Major, Sondy Springmann, David Dickinson (more…)
Kepler Has Found the First Earth-Sized Exoplanet in a Habitable Zone!
It's truly a "eureka" moment for Kepler scientists: the first rocky Earth-sized world has been found in a star's habitable…
First Microlensing Detection of a Planet Circling a Brown Dwarf Candidate
When astronomers detect new exoplanets they typically do so using one of two techniques. First, there's the famous transit technique,…
New Technique Could Measure Exoplanet Atmospheric Pressure, an Indicator of Habitability
Measuring the atmospheric pressure of a distant exoplanet may seem like a daunting task but astronomers at the University of…
Weekly Space Hangout – February 28, 2014: Good NASA News and 715 Confirmed Planets!
Host: Fraser Cain Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson, Elizabeth Howell, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Mike Simmons (more…)
Nearby Brown Dwarf Captured in a Direct Image
A recent find announced by astronomers may go a long ways towards understanding a crucial “missing link” between planets and…
Nearby Brown Dwarf System May Harbor Closest Exoplanet to Earth
In 2012 astronomers announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet circling our nearest neighbor, Alpha Centauri B, a mere 4.3…
Three New Exoplanets Found In a Star Cluster
So far, just a handful of planets have been found orbiting stars in star clusters – and actually, astronomers weren’t…
The Most Common Exoplanets Might be “Mini-Neptunes”
If the dataset from the Kepler mission is any indication, the most common type of exoplanets in our galaxy aren’t…