A Star Can Host Seven Habitable Planets

Most scientists are strongly positive about the possibility of life on exoplanets — planets located outside our solar system. For all we know, there are some “Earth-like” planets that could potentially host life.   Astronomers have discovered seven intriguing planets. Research…
NASA’s LISA Can Pinpoint Some Exciting Exoplanets

A large number of exoplanets were found with the help of LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory). LIGO is quite good, but a significant issue stemmed from the fact that the instrument has to focus on ignoring a large amount…
New Exoplanets Discovered, Rising The Total To 4,001

Last Tuesday, on March 12th, an international group of astronomers at the Exoplanet Team, headed by Observatoire de Paris, announced that the total of the known planets outside the solar system reached 4,001. That wouldn’t have been possible without the…
Here Are The Most Bizarre Exoplanets Ever Found, To Date

Exoplanets are those planets located in far-distant solar systems, usually at hundreds of light years away from us. Many space agencies around the world, especially NASA and ESA, launched so-called “exoplanets hunters,” some very powerful space telescopes that can locate…
Exoplanets Most Likely to Support Human Life

The Earth-cousin that was found 500 light-years away from Earth and is sharing certain similarities The first exoplanet is Kepler 186f that resides in the constellation Cygnus. It was discovered 500 light-years further from us and it is close to…
Astronomers to find 100 new Exoplanets in Our Galaxy

Exoplanet is a field of astronomy since 1995 when a planet which was outside our solar system was discovered by 2 astronomers: Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz. This planet was orbiting around its own star, just like the Earth does…