Earth-like planets may be closer than previously thought
A new analysis of data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope indicates that many red dwarf stars have habitable, Earth-sized planets,…
Exoplanets galore! Four distant planets imaged
A team of astronomers using the Keck and Gemini North telescopes in Hawaii have managed to image three planets in…
Sol System “Pretty Special,” Say Astronomers
Existing models that attempt to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every…
Astronomers Scope The Weather On Extrasolar Planet
Astronomer Joseph Harrington, of the University of Central Florida, has reported the first direct observation of distinct day and night…
Telescope Tag-Team Nets New Planets
Astronomers using the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) have confirmed the extrasolar (outside our solar system) planet…
New Method To Find Extrasolar Planets
The latest issue of the journal Optical Letters carries an intriguing article about a new optical device that might allow…
Photos Of Planets Outside Our Solar System Soon
An astronomer from the University of Arizona is using a novel camera to hunt for extrasolar planets. The camera has…