A newly published study form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics follows up on Kepler discoveries, revealing that exoplanets can be divided into three groups: terrestrials,…
New research presented at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society reveals that harsh space weather may strip the atmosphere of any rocky planet orbiting…
The Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument (SPHERE) has been installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, providing astronomers with impressive views of dust discs around nearby…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced that planets Kepler-56b and Kepler-56c will be swallowed by their star, providing a glimpse into the future…
Using observations of Saturn’s moon Titan by Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer instrument, astronomers have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of…
Using the Gemini Planet Imager, astronomers have identified the orbit and the size of exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. Using one of the world’s largest telescopes,…
Researchers at the University of Montreal have discovered a gas giant exoplanet, called GU Psc b, that is around 2,000 times the Earth-Sun distance from…
A newly published study from astronomers at Yale University reveals that diamond planets may be more common than previously thought. Carbon-rich planets may be more…
Using data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have measured the length of an exoplanet day for the first time, revealing that a day on…
Astrophysicists from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics examine orbit flips in exoplanet systems, presenting a previously unidentified mechanism whereby such interactions can completely flip the…
Astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the “habitable zone,” confirming that Earth-size planets exist in the habitable zones of other…
New research from astrobiologists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center reveals that large amplitude, high frequency obliquity oscillations on Earth-like exoplanets can suppress the ice-albedo…
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is developing a spacecraft, which looks like a giant sunflower, to acquire images of Earth-like rocky planets around nearby stars. This…
CfA astronomers used the Submillimeter Array to probe the transition disk around Sz 91, finding find that it is more like a ring than a…
The senior astronomer at the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute believes that researchers will find life in space in this century. Are we alone in…
A newly published study reveals that habitable zones near red dwarf stars may be smaller than previously thought. The researchers believe that the exoplanets orbiting…
Using essentially the same type of imaging sensor found in digital cameras, astronomers have captured images of a planet outside our solar system for the…
With the aid of computer simulations of the chemistry of Earth’s own atmosphere that isolate what are called “dimer molecules,” astronomers developed a new method…
