In order to be considered habitable, a planet needs to have liquid water. Cells, the smallest unit of life, need…
Thanks to the Kepler mission and other efforts to find exoplanets, we've learned a lot about the exoplanet population. We…
Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope have discovered water in the atmosphere of an exoplanet in its star's habitable zone.…
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Telescope launched back in April, 2018. After a few months of testing, it was ready to…
When astronomers discover a new exoplanet, one of the first considerations is if the planet is in the habitable zone,…
When NASA launched TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) in 2018, it had a specific goal. While its predecessor, the Kepler…
Astronomers have discovered, for the first time, moons forming in the disk of debris around a large exoplanet. Astronomers have…
When it comes to naming all those exoplanets that astronomers keep finding, it's up to the International Astronomical Union (IAU)…
If NASA sends a Starshade into space, it will need to perform some very accurate formation flying with the space…
Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to us, at 4.37 light-years (about 25 trillion miles) away. In 2016, astronomers…