Astronomers discovered a new planet with an important similarity to Earth
Exoplanet discoveries used to be nothing but a dream for scientists, but new telescope technology and more advanced observation techniques have made the task of …
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This ‘Pi Planet’ orbits is star every 3.14 days
Astronomers have spotted an exoplanet orbiting a cool star that completes a year in just 3.14 days. Nicknamed the “Pi Planet” or “Pi Earth,” the …
An incredibly tiny satellite just discovered another world
A tiny exoplanet-hunting satellite called ASTERIA managed to spot a distant world twice the size of Earth. The satellite detected the scorching hot world 55 …
This ultra-hot exoplanet has yellow skies and iron rain
Exoplanet WASP-79b is a massive gas giant with incredibly hot atmospheric temperatures. Its atmosphere isn’t capable of scattering like in the way that Earth’s atmosphere …
Astronomers spotted a massive exoplanet, and then it disappeared
Exoplanet Fomalhaut b (also known as Dagon) disappeared before astronomers’ eyes after being detected multiple times. A new theory suggests the would-be planet was actually …
Astronomers are watching an exoplanet die right before their eyes
Detecting the presence of a new exoplanet hundreds of light-years away is always exciting for astronomers, but not all newly-discovered planets are created equal. Some …
A 17-year-old NASA intern just discovered a brand new planet
I don’t know about you, but when I was 17 years old, I wasn’t doing very much planet-hunting. Wolf Cukier of Scarsdale High School is …
NASA’s TESS spots possible ‘second Earth’ nearby
In the exoplanet-hunting game, scientists are collecting discoveries faster than they can actually sit back and study them. There’s a lot of planets out there, …
Astronomers spot steamy new exoplanet
Astronomers from around the world just confirmed the existence of an entirely new planet. It was first spotted by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) …
NASA telescopes reveal secrets of the dark sides of ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanets
Of all the types of exoplanets researchers have discovered in recent years with ever more powerful telescope technology, the so-called “hot Jupiters” might be the …
When aliens spot Earth, what will they see?
Researchers have made incredible advancements in the detection and study of exoplanets in recent years, spotting literally thousands of new planets and learning tantalizing details …
Earth might not be the best place for life after all
In the ongoing search for worlds outside of our solar system, scientists often compare newly-discovered planets with our own as they offer educated guesses about …
NASA’s exoplanet hunter just spotted a ‘super Earth’ orbiting a nearby star
In its 15 months of service, NASA’s TESS exoplanet-hunting satellite has racked up many exciting exoplanet discoveries, but few show promise in the search for …
NASA’s TESS planet hunter just spotted a trio of new worlds
NASA’s TESS — Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite — has been scanning the skies for a little over a year now and it’s already returned a …
NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunter is apparently also good at spotting supernovas
NASA’s TESS (which stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is built to spot undetected planets orbiting distant stars. I mean, it’s right there in the …
NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunter found its first Earth-size planet, but you wouldn’t want to visit
NASA’s TESS exoplanet hunting telescope has been on the job for less than a year, but it’s already racking up some impressive discoveries. Following the …
One of the earliest exoplanet discoveries was just confirmed after a decade
When it comes to searching for objects outside of our own solar system, sometimes things aren’t always as they first appear. NASA’s Kepler space telescope …
Amateur scientists just found a new planet, and it might even be habitable
NASA’s Kepler space telescope is dead. It ran out of fuel back in October of last year, but the incredible wealth of data that it …
Hubble spots a distant planet that is literally being vaporized
We usually think of planets as having a certain level of permanence but for worlds that reside within very close proximity of a star existence …
Astronomers may have just spotted a ‘super Earth,’ and it’s not far away
Lately, a lot of the exoplanets discovered by astronomers have been incredibly far away. Spotting planets at a huge distance is still important, and every …
Planet-sized object 8,000 light years away could be the first alien moon ever found
Spotting a planet orbiting a star 8,000 light-years away isn’t exactly easy, but modern telescope technology has allowed astronomers to accomplish such feats with shocking …
The closest exoplanet to Earth might have a vast ocean, and even life
Peering at distant planets is a tricky business for astronomers. There’s plenty that they can assume about planets based on what they look like from …
Astronomers spot new ultra-hot exoplanet twice the size of Earth
When astronomers search for exoplanets, the real goal is finding a distant world that might be within what scientists believe is the habitable zone. Those …
NASA discovers steaming hot exoplanet is rich with water
Searching for Earth-like planets orbiting distant stars is no easy task, mainly due to the complex criteria needed for a an alien world to be …
Astronomers discovered a massive ‘hot Jupiter’ but can’t figure out how it works
Studying distant planets has helped scientists better explain how the universe ticks, but sometimes a discovery produces more questions than it answers. Such is the …
Watch NASA’s exciting, mysterious new exoplanet news and Google partnership announcement live right here
NASA regularly rolls out news about its discoveries, theories, and studies, and most of the time they do so with very little fanfare. When the …
Astronomers spot a planet so hostile they had a hard time believing it
When news of a newly-studied exoplanet with an atmosphere begins to make headlines it’s typically because the far-off world is potentially Earth-like, teasing the possibility …
