I have lost count of how many times I have given public lectures and explained the temperature differences between Mercury…
"Go then, there are other worlds than these." Or so Stephen King said in his famous Dark Tower series. As…
A new study by a team from Rice University has shown that where a planet forms in its star system…
We're getting better and better at detecting exoplanets. Using the transit method of detection, the Kepler Space Telescope examined over…
In order to be considered habitable, a planet needs to have liquid water. Cells, the smallest unit of life, need…
A new study of the TRAPPIST-1 system indicates that life-swapping may take place between the planets in its habitable zone,…
In what is the biggest announcement in exoplanet-hunting history, NASA has announced the discovery of seven rocky exoplanets around a…
Earth is the only planet in our Solar System where life is known to exists. Note the use of the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6g7c00v_nY We've found hundreds of exoplanets in the galaxy. But only a few of them have just the right combination…
The search for worlds beyond our own is one of humankind's greatest quests. Scientists have found thousands of exoplanets orbiting…