According to a recent study from the Carl Sagan Institute, aging red giant stars could still have habitable zones that…
One of the biggest new mysteries in our Solar System is the purported presence of a large and distant "Planet Nine,"…
"Bizarre." "Interesting." "Giant transit". That were the reactions of Planet Hunters project volunteers when they got their first look at the light…
Astronomers watching the repeated and drawn-out dimming of a relatively nearby Sun-like star have interpreted their observations to indicate an eclipse…
NASA's ongoing hunt for exoplanets has entered a new phase as NASA officially confirmed that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…
Between the years 2003 and 2011, the High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher - better known as HARPS - made…
Good news for planet-hunters: planets around red dwarf stars are more abundant than previously believed, according to new research. A…
As more and more exoplanets are identified and confirmed by various observational methods, the still-elusive "holy grail" is the discovery…
While exoplanets make the news on an almost daily basis, one of the biggest announcements occurred in 2012 when astronomers…
Gas planets aren't always bloated, monstrous worlds the size of Jupiter or Saturn (or larger) they can also apparently be…