exoplanet detection
Exoplanets: Why study them? What are the challenges? What can they teach us about finding life beyond Earth?
Universe Today has explored the importance of studying impact craters and planetary surfaces and what these scientific disciplines can teach…
This Jupiter-Sized Exoplanet is Unusual for Several Reasons
In a recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a team of international researchers examined…
A Direct Image of a Planet That’s Just Like Jupiter, Only Younger
In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, a team of astronomers used the W. M. Keck Observatory…
The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
As of this writing, almost 5300 exoplanets spanning approximately 4000 planetary systems have been confirmed to exist in our universe.…
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…
TESS Finds its Third Planet, a sub-Neptune with a 36-Day Orbit
After only three months of operation, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) spacecraft is delivering on its mission to find…
What is the Gravitational Microlensing Method?
The Gravitational Microlensing method relies on rare events (one star passing in front of another) to focus light and search…
Discovery! More Planets Found Orbiting In A Star Cluster
As Earthlings, we're so used to thinking about planets being in simple orbits around a single star. But the Sun…
Astronomy Without A Telescope – Planet Spotting
[/caption] The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia counted 548 confirmed extrasolar planets at 6 May 2011, while the NASA Star and Exoplanet…