TRAPPIST-1
Astronomers Spot Rare Brown Dwarf Pair
Sometimes, the strangest stellar finds are right in our own cosmic neighborhood. Astronomers recently made an interesting discovery while putting…
This is Kepler’s Final Image
Even in retirement, the Kepler space telescope is still allowing for discoveries, which include it's "last light" images and recordings.
One of the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Has an Iron Core
According to a new study by a team of Columbia University's Cool Worlds Lab, one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets had…
Weekly Space Hangout: April 4, 2018: Mathew Anderson’s “Habitable Exoplanets”
Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier (KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier )…
TRAPPIST-1 Planets Might Actually Have Too Much Water to be Habitable
A new study has cast doubt on whether or not the TRAPPIST-1 system could be habitable, indicating that it has…
Good News For The Search For Life, The Trappist System Might Be Rich In Water
Scientists have been hard at work trying to determine the densities of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and it looks like water…
What is the Radial Velocity Method?
The Radial Velocity (aka. Doppler Spectroscopy) Method relies on measurements of a planet's "wobble" to determine the presence of one…
Astronomers Find Another Solar System with 8 Planets. Uh, Pluto, About that Deplaneting…
A research team recently applied a Google "neural net" to Kepler data, which conformed the existence of a star system…
New Study Claims that TRAPPIST-1 Could Also Have Gas Giants
A new study led by researchers from the Carnegie Institute of Science indicates that TRAPPIST-1 could also be orbited by…
Hubble Spots First Indications of Water on TRAPPIST-1s Planets
A new study by an international team of astronomers indicates that the outermost planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system could still…