Teenage Students Discover a ‘Super-Earth’ and Three Other Exoplanets
Whether we like to admit it or not, humanity is still in the phase of ‘baby steps’ when it comes…
Newfound ‘Hot Jupiter’ Puzzles Astronomers by Lacking Clouds
For recent years, astronomers had been hunting down exoplanet with powerful telescopes. Not too many decades ago, scientists weren’t completely…
Newfound Gigantic World Challenges Knowledge About Planet Formation
When it comes to planets that defy astronomers’ expectations, it seems like the Universe never runs out of them. Nature…
New Worlds Await: Planets With Better Conditions For Life Than Earth Revealed
Even though Earth is the only known planet that has sentient life, astronomers found that there are two dozens exoplanets…
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…
More Exoplanets Discovered at Just 11 Light Years Away
Scientists have recently found at least two, and perhaps up to three planets, orbiting a close star. This planetary system…
Astronomers Plan to Search Alien Life on Long-Dead Exoplanets
When the upcoming age of observatories arises, the Cornell University astronomers plan to use them to track any distant long-dead…
WFIRST Will Employ Advanced Techniques To Track Down Exoplanets
Many of the exoplanets that are currently known have been discovered with the use of the transit method. This method…
Scientists Believe That Exoplanets Orbiting Two Stars Lead To Misaligned Orbits
The exoplanets are a new subject to study that would bring the humanity one step closer to understand the mystery…
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…
Astronomers Discovered Two Potentially Habitable Exoplanets 12 Light Years Away From Earth
According to an announcement made by astronomers a few days ago, two planets orbiting a small star 12 light-years away…
Baby Exoplanets Found Pinching Gas from Their Host Star
One of the most common and, nevertheless, challenging way to discover exoplanets is taking pictures of a planet. Most of…
Eighteen Earth-Sized Exoplanets Have Been Identified So Far
At this point, we know of 400 planets orbiting stars outside our solar system, but 96% of them are considerably…
Scientists Found Out Why Super-Earth Exoplanets Orbit Very Close To Their Host Stars
The Universe is full of solar systems which are quite different from the one we live in, and that’s mostly…
Scientists Found Hundreds Of Earth-like Exoplanets Orbiting In The Habitable Zone
Since 1995 when the first planet outside our Solar System was discovered, researchers have found about 4,000 exoplanets. And there…