exoplanets
Two “b”‘s in the Beehive
Praesepe (aka. the Beehive Cluster) As astronomers near the 800 mark for confirmed extra solar planets, it seems that notable…
Exoplanet Gliese 581g Makes the Top 5
Exoplanet Gliese 581g is back, and "officially" ranking #1 on a list of potentially habitable worlds outside of our solar…
Sifting Starlight, Finding New Worlds
Looking directly at stars is a bad way to find planets orbiting faraway suns but using a new technique, scientists…
The Case of the Disappearing Dust
Astronomy has always taught us that planets form from vast clouds of dust and gas orbiting young stars. It's a…
How to Measure a Hot Jupiter
An international team of astronomers has figured out a way to determine details of an exoplanet's atmosphere from 50 light-years…
What a View! Exoplanet Odd Couple Orbit in Close Proximity
Imagine if the Neptune was only a million miles from Earth. What a view we’d have! … not to mention…
Doomed Mercury-Sized Exoplanet May Be Turning to Dust
[/caption] The old saying of the universe being stranger than we can imagine definitely applies to a newfound exoplanet orbiting…
JPL Wants To FINESSE Info From Exoplanets
Jet Propulsion Laboratory's proposed FINESSE space telescope may not hunt for exoplanets, but it will find out what they're made…
Rogue Planets Could Drive By And Scoop Up Life
[/caption] Free-floating "rogue" planets may occasionally dip into the inner Solar System, picking up dust containing organic compounds -- a.k.a.…
Alien Life May Not Be So Alien – If It Exists At All
[/caption] Are we too hopeful in our hunt for extraterrestrial life? Regardless of exoplanet counts, super-Earths and Goldilocks zones, the…