Search results for: exoplanet
NASA's Kepler telescope is officially dead
10-31-2018 |
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The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
10-16-2018 | 6
Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Planet-hunting probe finds two new candidates
9-23-2018 | 0
A mere two months after beginning operations, NASA's TESS spacecraft has found two new extrasolar worlds.
Universe may be teeming with water-worlds
8-18-2018 | 7
Scientists have determined that a significant percentage of planets in our galaxy may be covered in water.
New planet-hunting telescope begins search
VIDEO 7-29-2018 | 6
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now on the hunt for habitable extrasolar worlds.
Planet-hunting probe captures first image
VIDEO 5-20-2018 | 19
NASA's new spacecraft has returned a breathtaking two-second exposure which features over 200,000 stars.
Helium detected on 'super-Neptune' exoplanet
5-3-2018 | 0
For the first time ever, scientists have detected helium in the atmosphere of a planet in orbit around a distant star.
NASA to launch new planet-hunting telescope
4-13-2018 | 0
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is due to lift off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket on Monday.
Hunt for Earth 2.0 yields 95 new exoplanets
VIDEO 2-18-2018 | 0
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
Trappist-1 planets are likely to be habitable
2-5-2018 | 9
It is looking increasingly likely that the Trappist-1 system's seven worlds could be home to alien life.
Scientists develop new alien-hunting method
1-25-2018 | 4
A lack of carbon monoxide on a methane-rich world could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial life.
NASA finds entire solar system like our own
VIDEO 12-14-2017 | 10
The space agency has made an important new exoplanet discovery using a Google artificial intelligence.
NASA teases new extrasolar planet discovery
12-11-2017 | 10
The space agency will be making an announcement on Thursday about its latest groundbreaking discovery.
Scorching hot exoplanet 'snows' sunscreen
10-27-2017 | 1
Astronomers have observed an extrasolar planet with some of the weirdest weather conditions ever seen.
Mysterious exoplanet is 'blacker than asphalt'
9-16-2017 | 4
A 'hot Jupiter' world situated 1,400 light years away reflects so little light that it appears pitch black.
Titanium oxide detected on extrasolar planet
9-14-2017 | 2
For the first time, astronomers have picked up signs of titanium oxide on a distant extrasolar world.
How easy is it for ET to observe the Earth ?
9-9-2017 | 5
Astronomers have identified nine planets from which intelligent aliens could potentially be watching us.
Hubble detects exoplanet with a stratosphere
VIDEO 8-4-2017 | 5
Astronomers have found an extrasolar world with what has been described as a 'glowing water atmosphere'.
PLATO mission to hunt for Earth-like worlds
6-22-2017 | 2
ESA is set to launch a new satellite that will seek out potentially habitable extrasolar planets.
NASA discovers 10 near-Earth size exoplanets
6-19-2017 | 16
Scientists believe that these new worlds lie in the 'Goldilocks zone' of their respective solar systems.
