Extrasolar Planets
Astronomers Find Youngest Exoplanet Yet
[/caption] Overcoming interference from a very active young sun-like star, a group of astronomers were able to find what they…
Armazones Chile to be the Site for the 42 meter European Extremely Large Telescope?
Question: Where are the night skies always dark, cloud-free 360 days a year, bone-dry, and orbiting 3.5 km above sea…
New Technique to Find Earth-like Exoplanets
[/caption] Another technique has been added to the exo-planet hunters' toolkit, and it doesn't require huge ground-based telescopes or space-based…
First Direct Spectrum of an Exoplanet Orbiting a Sun-like Star
[/caption] Astronomers have obtained the first direct spectrum – a “chemical fingerprint” – of a planet orbiting a distant, Sun-like…
Second Smallest Exoplanet Found
[/caption] Planet hunters have detected an extrasolar planet that is only four times the mass of Earth, making it the…
Planet Formation Observed Around Massive Stars
As the old saying goes – big stars live fast and die young. And, according to new research presented at…
Kepler Discovers Planets-like Objects Hotter Than Stars
Possible habitable zones around stars. Credit: Kepler mission The Kepler mission announced the discovery of 5 new extrasolar planets today…
First Super-Earths Discovered Around Sun-like Stars
Astronomers say it’s a "neck-and-neck race" as to whether the first potentially habitable planets will be detected from the ground…
Exoplanet Not Really There?
This artist's concept shows the smallest star known to host a planet. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech In May 2009, astronomers were…
Exobiology
Exobiology (same thing as astrobiology) is about life in space (on other planets, and moons; in other solar systems): where…