Extrasolar Planets
Updated Exoplanet iPhone App
[/caption] Just in time for the announcement yesterday of the multi-planet solar system discovery, and an upcoming exoplanet announcement by…
Another Solar System Like our Own?
There is another Sun-like star out there with an intriguing family of planets orbiting about and it could be the…
Tight Binaries are ‘Death Stars’ for Planets
[/caption] Astronomers studying double star systems where the two stars are extremely close have found a pattern of destruction. While…
Hubble Confirms Comet-like Tail on Vaporizing Planet
Next time you hear someone complaining that it's too hot outside, you can make them feel better by pointing out…
Astronomers Watch Superstorm Raging on Distant Exoplanet
[/caption] Likely, future interstellar flights will not include the exoplanet HD209458b as a featured get-away destination. Not only is this…
Weird Collection of Worlds in the Latest Cache of CoRoT Expoplanets
[/caption] The CoRoT (Convection, Rotation and Transits) spacecraft has been busy, and using this exoplanet-finding-machine astronomers recently found six new…
Exoplanet Confirms Gas Giants Can Form Quickly
[/caption] For the first time, astronomers have been able to directly follow the motion of an exoplanet as it moves…
Wild and Crazy Multi-Planetary System Surprises Astronomers
[/caption] Astronomers are finding that not only are there a wide range of different extrasolar planets, but there are different…
Hubble Confirms Star is Devouring Hot Exoplanet
[/caption] We all like a hot meal, but this is really bizarre. Back in February, Jean wrote an article about…
Dropping a Bomb About Exoplanets
[/caption] Not all exoplanets are created equal, and new discoveries about the orbits of newly found extra solar planets could…