Extrasolar Planets
Could We Detect Plants on other Planets?
We've already found over 250 extrasolar planets, and more are continuing to be discovered fairly often. With all of these…
Planets Found Forming in the Pleiades Star Cluster
As you gaze up at the familiar Pleiades star cluster, here's something new you can think about. Planets recently collided…
Fifth Planet Found Orbiting 55 Cancri
Our Solar System has 8 planets, but another, 55 Cancri, is catching up fast. Astronomers today announced the discovery of…
Three New Jupiter-Sized Planets Discovered
You know the science of planet hunting is getting mainstream when there's very little fanfare for the discovery of 3…
NASA Dreams Up Exotic Earth-Sized Planets
Science fiction writers have been imagining other worlds for years, and now they're going to get a little scientific help,…
Planet Survives its Star Becoming a Red Giant
When a star like our own Sun nears the end of its 10 billion year life, it expands up into…
Water Vapour Raining Down on a Planetary Disk
Ever wonder how the Earth got its oceans? Well, new data gathered by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope could provide a…
Dead Star Found Polluted By Earthlike Planet
Astronomers have found a burned out white dwarf star with the remants of an Earthlike planet orbiting it. This chemical…
Large, Fluffy Planet Darkens a Distant Star
An international team of astronomers announced today that they have discovered the largest extrasolar planet; it's 70% larger than Jupiter.…
Imagine a View with Four Sunsets
Here in the Solar System, we've only got one star: the Sun. That gives us nice predictable daily and annual…