Extrasolar Planets
Amateurs Help Discover Extrasolar Planet
Two amateur astronomers from New Zealand, working with a team of astronomers from around the world have helped to discover…
Planet Forces its Star’s Rotation
Canadian astronomers using the MOST (Microvariability & Oscillations of STars) Space Telescope have detected that a giant extrasolar planet has…
Probing the Atmosphere of an Extrasolar Planet
Astronomers working with the Canadian Microvariability & Oscillations of STars (MOST) space telescope have been able to indirectly probe the…
Exoplanet Image Confirmed
Astronomers working with the European Southern Observatory have confirmed the first direct photograph of a planet orbiting another star. The…
Strange Extrasolar Planet Orbits Explained
When astronomers discovered that the planets around Upsilon Andromedae had very strange orbits, they weren't sure what could have caused…
New Method Could Detect Alien Space Stations
Since the beginning of astronomical observation, science has been viewing light on a curve. In a galaxy filled with thousands…
Is This the First Photo of an Exoplanet?
Astronomers have discovered more than 150 planets orbiting distant stars, but only indirectly. Now an international team of researchers think…
How Many Habitable Planets Could Be Out There?
The chances of finding life somewhere else in the Universe depends on how many planets are capable of supporting life.…
First Light Seen from an Extrasolar Planet
NASA's Spitzer telescope has detected the light from distant planets for the first time. Until now, extrasolar planets have only…
A Dozen New Planets Discovered
In the last month planet hunters have uncovered 12 new worlds orbiting other stars, bringing the total planet count to…