The latest ScienceCast video explores the attraction astronomers have to class of exoplanets called “hot Jupiters.” ScienceCasts: The Strange Attraction of Hot Jupiters An exotic…
Astronomers in the SEEDS Project have discovered the least massive planet ever detected around a star like the sun. A so-called “second Jupiter,” planet GJ…
Using asteroseismic data obtained by the CoRoT space telescope, a team of scientists was able to measure the internal rotation of a Sun-like star and…
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM Newton Observatory has revealed the first exoplanet caught passing in front of its…
A recently published study details new theoretical models that reveal how an outburst event in the Sun’s early years could help in the hunt for…
As the search for habitable planets continues, astronomers detail how they determine which exoplanets have all the right conditions for life to thrive. There is…
Scientists from the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University have developed a new interactive website that models the interiors of exoplanets. An interactive tool to…
Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have revealed that the actual visible-light color of exoplanet HD 189733b is deep blue. Astronomers making visible-light…
Using the Microvariability & Oscillations of Stars (MOST) space telescope, astronomers were able to estimate the true size and mass of super-Earth HD 97658b for…
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Northwestern University have published a new study that used computer simulations of cloud behavior to help suggest that…
Using data from Gemini Observatory’s Planet-Finding Campaign, several new studies reveal the nature of gas-giant exoplanets, finding that they tend to dwell near their parent…
By adding HARPS observations, along with data from several other telescopes, to previous data about Gliese 667C, a team of astronomers discovered that this system…
Using two telescopes at Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, scientists have observed the atmosphere of super-Earth exoplanet GJ3470b for the time, measuring the planetary mass, radius, and…
Using inexpensive ground-based telescopes, researchers discovered a hot Saturn-like exoplanet when its passed in front of it host star. Louisville, Kentucky — A scientific team…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have captured an image of the newly discovered planet HD95086 b, a planet with a predicted mass of only…
A rare stellar alignment will offer astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope two opportunities to search for Earth-like planets around the red dwarf Proxima Centauri….
NASA’s Kepler Mission delivers new data, adding 1,924 new KOIs detected over a 34-month baseline. On May 28, 2013, NASA’s Kepler mission delivered new data…
Researchers aim to analyze exoplanets in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in order to better understand the surface composition of exoplanets and to…
