exoplanets
Kepler Finds Hundreds of New Exoplanet Candidates
Artist's depiction of the Kepler 10 system, which contains planets 2.2 and 1.4 times the size of Earth. (NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech) Kepler…
Nearly All Sun-Like Stars Have Planetary Systems
The latest analysis of data from the Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft reveals that almost all stars have planets, and about 17…
Here There Be Planets: Stellar Disk Gap May Reveal Newborn Worlds
HiCIAO near-infrared image of the protoplanetary disk around PDS 70. The circular mask hides the star itself, as well as…
Want to Name an Exoplanet? Uwingu Has a Plan
Screenshot from the Uwingu exoplanet naming website. Astronomers have now discovered nearly 1,000 planets orbiting other stars, and right now…
Possible Subterranean Life Means More Exoplanets Could Harbor Life
Artistic representation of the current five known potential habitable worlds. Will this list broaden under a new habitability model? Credit:…
What If All of Kepler’s Exoplanets Orbited the Same Star?
That's exactly the scenario shown by a mesmerizing animation called "Worlds" by Alex Parker -- a single system containing 2299…
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…