exoplanets
Super-sensitive Camera Captures a Direct Image of an Exoplanet
The world's newest and most powerful exoplanet imaging instrument, the recently-installed Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) on the 8-meter Gemini South…
Weekly Space Hangout – December 13, 2013 – Europa’s Water Jets and Chinese Lunar Lander
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Jason Major, Nicole Gugliucci (more…)
Hubble Finds ‘Clear Signal’ of Water in 5 Exoplanet Atmospheres
For the first time, astronomers have found conclusive evidence of water in the hazy atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars.…
Weekly Space Hangout – November 8, 2013
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: Thad Szabo, Scott Lewis, Ian O'Neill, Alan Boyle, Nancy Atkinson, David Dickinson, Jason Major, Matthew Francis,…
Here’s the Latest Kepler Orrery Video: the Orbits of the Planets Go ‘Round and ‘Round
If you've ever wanted to know what 3,538 exoplanets look like spinning around their stars, here you go! This is…
22% of Sun-like Stars have Earth-sized Planets in the Habitable Zone
How common are planets like Earth? That’s been a question astronomers and dreamers have pondered for decades, and now, thanks…
Life After Kepler: Upcoming Exoplanet Missions
Last week I held an interview with Dr. Sara Seager - a lead astronomer who has contributed vastly to the…
Changing the Paradigm: Exoplanet Interview with Dr. Sara Seager
Astronomers have now discovered one thousand extrasolar planets, reaching a milestone in modern astronomy. (See a recent Universe Today article…
There Are Now Officially Over 1,000 Confirmed Exoplanets!
It was just last week that we reported on the oh-so-close approach to 1,000 confirmed exoplanets discovered thus far, and…
Exoplanets and the Search for Life in the Universe: Q&A with author Lee Billings
As far as our understanding of life in the Universe goes, right now, we’re it. But the past decade has…