Extrasolar Planets
Tidal Heating Could Make Exomoons Much More Habitable (and Detectable)
A new study shows how the study of tidal heating in exomoons could greatly expand the search for life in…
There Could Be Four Hostile Civilizations in the Milky Way
In a series of papers, amateur astronomer and exoplanet researcher Alberto Caballero narrows down who could have sent the Wow!…
A new Quantum Technique Could Enable Telescopes the Size of Planet Earth
A new technique that incorporates quantum techniques to interferometry could trigger another revolution in astronomy!
The Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES) Could Detect Exoplanets Within a few Dozen Light-Years of Earth Using Astrometry
A team of Chinese researchers has proposed a new mission to find Earth-like planets in neighboring star systems - the…
Why Would an Alien Civilization Send Out Von Neumann Probes? Lots of Reasons, says a new Study
A new study takes a look at Von Neumann probes and asks the really important questions: "why would aliens send…
Machine Learning Will be one of the Best Ways to Identify Habitable Exoplanets
A new study has shown how machine learning will aid next-generation telescopes in the search for water on exoplanets.
Astronomers Scan 800 Pulsars to See If Any of Them Have Planets
Astronomers discovered the first exoplanets in 1992. They found a pair of them orbiting the pulsar PSR B1257+12 about 2300…
How to Search for Life as we Don’t Know it
A NASA-funded study by a team from the University of Arizona has identified possible tools for identifying life on other…
An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars
Remember that iconic scene in Star Wars, where a young Skywalker steps out onto the surface of Tatooine and watches…
A THIRD Planet Found Orbiting Nearby Proxima Centauri
Astronomers have confirmed the presence of a THIRD exoplanet in the neighboring Proxima Centauri system!