Transit Method

What is the Radial Velocity Method?

The Radial Velocity (aka. Doppler Spectroscopy) Method relies on measurements of a planet's "wobble" to determine the presence of one…

7 years ago

Astronomers Find Another Solar System with 8 Planets. Uh, Pluto, About that Deplaneting…

A research team recently applied a Google "neural net" to Kepler data, which conformed the existence of a star system…

7 years ago

What is the Transit Method?

Of the many methods used to detect extra-solar planets, the most widely-used and effective is the Transit Photometry

7 years ago

Astronomers Find Comets Orbiting a Star 800 Light-Years Away

Thanks to the efforts of a team of professional and amateur astronomers, the first extra-solar comets have been observed.

7 years ago

Three Possible Super-Earths Discovered Around Nearby Sun-Like Star

A recent study involving data collected by the K2 mission has revealed three possible Super-Earths around a nearby Sun-like star.

7 years ago

Exoplanet-Hunting Aliens Could Be Looking at Earth Right Now!

A new study by a team of European astrophysicists has turned exoplanet-hunting on its head by asking "could aliens detect…

7 years ago

Advanced Civilizations Could Build a Galactic Internet with Planetary Transits

In a recently published paper, Dr. Duncan Forgan proposed that alien civilizations could create a "galactic internet" by using artificial…

7 years ago

Finally! A Low Mass Super-Earth With Some Funky Atmosphere

Ongoing observation of exoplanet GJ 1132b has revealed a dense atmosphere, a finding which has great significance in the hunt…

8 years ago

Who Else Is Looking For Cool Worlds Around Proxima Centauri?

Outside of the ESO, there are others who have been hunting for exoplanets around Proxima Centauri - including Dr. Kipping…

8 years ago

A Planet With A 27,000 Year Orbit & That’s Just Where The Strangeness Begins

In the far-flung system of CVSO 30, two planetary candidates have been found with very different orbits - presenting new…

8 years ago