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Hunt for Earth 2.0 yields 95 new exoplanets
VIDEO 2-18-2018 |
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A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
James Webb Space Telescope completes tests
VIDEO 1-11-2018 | 6
The next generation telescope will enable us to directly study the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
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.
New Earth-sized extrasolar planet discovered
11-16-2017 | 18
Situated just 11 light years away, Ross 128 b is shaping up to be a promising place to look for life.
Proxima Centauri may have several planets
11-6-2017 | 8
Observations of our closest neighboring star have revealed the possible presence of multiple planets.
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.
Four Trappist-1 planets are likely to have water
VIDEO 8-31-2017 | 4
Four of the seven planets in the Trappist-1 system are thought to be home to large amounts of water.
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'.
First extrasolar moon potentially discovered
7-28-2017 | 5
Astronomers believe that they may have found, for the first time, a moon orbiting an extrasolar planet.
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.
Scientists find hottest known extrasolar world
6-5-2017 | 9
At twice the size of Jupiter, KELT-9b experiences temperatures in excess of 4300 degrees Celsius.
Exoplanet Proxima b has a 'stable climate'
5-16-2017 | 3
Scientists have been trying to work out what the weather might be like on this recently discovered world.
Distant 'ice ball' exoplanet discovered
VIDEO 4-28-2017 | 6
Scientists have announced the discovery of a freezing Earth-mass world 13,000 light years away.
Super Earth is 'best chance for finding life'
4-19-2017 | 10
A large terrestrial planet located 40 light years away could be the perfect place to search for ET.
Atmosphere found around Earth-like planet
4-7-2017 | 30
Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around GJ 1132b - a planet situated 39 light years away.
NASA could use the Sun as a magnifying glass
3-18-2017 | 12
Scientists at JPL have come up with an ambitious new plan to get a better look at extrasolar planets.
Scientists discover 60 new extrasolar planets
2-14-2017 | 1
The significant haul of new worlds includes a potentially habitable 'super-Earth' with a rocky surface.
