Exoplanets have become quite the sensation over the last decade-plus, with scientists confirming new exoplanets on a regular basis thanks…
NASA's Kepler planet-hunting spacecraft was deactivated in November 2018, about ten years after it launched. The mission detected over 5,000…
Using a new type of deep-learning algorithm, a team of NASA scientists have detected 301 more exoplanets in the Kepler…
When it comes to finding exoplanets, size matters, but so does weight. The larger and heavier the planet, the more…
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…
REMINDER: - Universe Today will be hosting an interview with Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch, co-author of the research featured in this…
Strange New Worlds Imagine if a star could tell you it had planets. That would be really helpful because finding…
Sunspots are common on our Sun. These darker patches are cooler than their surroundings, and they're caused by spikes in…
Six billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way? If true, that's astounding. But the number needs some context. The Milky…