exoplanets
TESS Finds a Planet That Takes 482 Days to Orbit, the Widest it’s Seen so Far
We're rapidly learning that our Solar System, so familiar to us all, does not represent normal. A couple of decades…
Is Humanity Ready to Realize the Dream of Interstellar Travel?
For generations, humans have dreamed, speculated, and theorized about the possibility of journeying to distant stars, finding habitable planets around…
Astronomers Confirm First Exoplanet “Thermometer Molecule” that is Typically Used to Study Brown Dwarfs
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters examines a rare alloy molecule known as chromium hydride (CrH) and…
Watch an Actual Exoplanet Orbit its Star for 17 Years
Searching for exoplanets is incredibly difficult given their literal astronomical distances from Earth, which is why a myriad of methods…
The Most Compelling Places to Search for Life Will Look Like “Anomalies”
A new study considers how future astrobiology studies could search for life "as we don't know it" on exoplanets.
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…
The PLATO Mission Could be the Most Successful Planet Hunter Ever
A new study estimates how many exoplanets the ESA's PLATO mission will discover during its four-year run, with encouraging results!
If Rogue Planets are Everywhere, How Could We Explore Them?
A new study estimates there could be hundreds of rogue planets nearby that we could explore for signs of extraterrestrial…
How Will We the Find First Signs of Alien Life — and When?
When will we find evidence for life beyond Earth? And where will that evidence be found? University of Arizona astronomer Chris…
There Could be Trillions of Rogue Planets Wandering the Milky Way
A pair of new studies set to be published in The Astronomical Journal examine new discoveries in the field of…