Extrasolar Planets
Update on Gliese 581d’s Habitability
[/caption] When last we checked in on Gliese 581d, a team from the University of Paris had suggested that the…
Transiting Super-Earth Detected Around Naked Eye Star
One of the first known stars to host an extrasolar planet, was that of 55 Cancri. The first planet in…
Amazing Image: Kepler’s Transiting Exoplanets
[/caption] Wow. This remarkable visualization shows every Kepler planetary candidate host star with its transiting companion in silhouette. Jason Rowe…
STEREO Looks at the Sun; Finds Planets
[/caption] The primary mission of the twin STEREO probes is to explore the 3-dimensional makeup of our Sun. Each craft…
Orrery of Kepler’s Exoplanets
Here's a terrific visualization of all the multiple-planet systems discovered by the Kepler spacecraft as of February 2, 2011. The…
Video Visualization of Kepler Exoplanet Data
This is really nifty: a visualization of the 1,235 exoplanet candidates observed by Kepler in the recently released data, created…
Kepler Discovers 6-Planet Exo-Solar System
Using data from the Kepler space telescope, scientists have discovered a horde of six planets orbiting a sun-like star, approximately…
First Multi-wavelength Images of an Exoplanet
Colors are important in astronomy. They can be used to get a quick feel for the temperature of stars, map…
Can Nearby Binary Star Systems Mimic Planets?
The vast majority of the known exoplanets have been discovered by the radial velocity method. This method employs the effects…
Become an Exoplanet Hunter With Newest Zooniverse Citizen Science Project
[/caption] You knew it was only a matter of time until the hunt for extrasolar planets joined the Zooniverse family…