exoplanets
‘Nomad’ Planets Could Outnumber Stars 100,000 to 1
[/caption] Could the number of wandering planets in our galaxy – planets not orbiting a sun -- be more than…
Scientists Find New Clues About the Interiors of ‘Super-Earth’ Exoplanets
[/caption] As we learned in science class in school, the Earth has a molten interior (the outer core) deep beneath…
Tidal Heating on Some Exoplanets May Leave Them Waterless
[/caption] As the number of exoplanets being discovered continues to increase dramatically, a growing number are now being found which…
When Stars Play Planetary Pinball
[/caption] Many of us remember playing pinball at the local arcade while growing up; it turns out that some stars…
Russia Will Begin Hunt For Extrasolar Planets
[/caption] Located just south of Saint Petersburg on Pulkovo Heights, one of the greatest Russian Observatories of all times -…
Microlensing Study Says Every Star in the Milky Way has Planets
[/caption] How common are planets in the Milky Way? A new study using gravitational microlensing suggests that every star in…
Seeing the Phases of Exoplanets
[/caption] Everyone is familiar with the fact that the moon changes phases. But what many don't know is that planets…
How Common are Terrestrial, Habitable Planets Around Sun-Like Stars?
[/caption] Once again news from the Kepler mission is making the rounds, this time with a research paper outlining a…
HARPS Hauls in Over Fifty New Exoplanets
[/caption] Yesterday astronomers with the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher or HARPS, announced a record-breaking discovery of more than…
Backyard Science: How You Can Make a Difference
[/caption] It's a great time to be an amateur astronomer! Nowadays, "backyard" astronomers armed with affordable CCD imagers, high-quality tracking mounts, inexpensive…