Last year we reported on how the Roman Space Telescope’s backers hoped it would be able to detect rogue planets…
200 light years away, “super earth” exoplanet K2-141b orbits a star so closely that its "year" is only 7 hours…
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It’s amazing to think there are telescopes up in space, right now, directing their gaze at distant objects for hours,…
Scientists working with data from the Kepler mission have discovered an additional 18 Earth-sized worlds. The team used a newer,…
Even though astronomy people are fond of touting the number of exoplanets found by the Kepler spacecraft, those planets aren't…
Even in retirement, the Kepler space telescope is still allowing for discoveries, which include it's "last light" images and recordings.
How can two planets so similar in some respects have such different densities? According to a new study, a catastrophic…
After eight years of service and thousands of exoplanet discoveries, the Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and…
A pair of astronomers combing through data from the Kepler spacecraft have discovered the first exomoon. The moon is in…