New Planet Found Orbiting Proxima Centauri Christopher Plain·February 16, 2022Scientists have detected signs of a third planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, which is Earth’s closest stellar neighbor.
Exoplanet Atmosphere Mapped by Researchers Results Will Help Search for Extraterrestrial Life Christopher Plain·February 2, 2022Researchers have created a three-dimensional map of the atmosphere of an exoplanet 322 light-years from Earth. The resulting...
Astronomers Spot Second Ever Exomoon Candidate Discovery May Mean Exomoons are Common, Increasing the Odds of Extraterrestrial Life. Christopher Plain·January 13, 2022Astronomers studying a huge, Jupiter-like exoplanet say they have successfully detected a moon in its orbit. Although this...
The James Webb Space Telescope: NASA’s Most Advanced Space Science Observatory Pursues the Unknown Micah Hanks·December 29, 2021This week, we look at the historic launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the critical days ahead, and the discoveries it is expected to make.
List of Confirmed Exoplanets Grows by 301 Christopher Plain·December 8, 2021A recent analysis of previously recorded satellite data has added 301 new exoplanets to the continuously growing list....
Tess Finds Mars-Sized Planet That is Dense as Iron Find May Point to Entire System of Habitable Exoplanets Christopher Plain·December 3, 2021Researchers using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a relatively nearby (at least in astronomical terms)...
Astronomers Find Possible Evidence of First Exoplanet Detected Beyond Our Galaxy Candy Chan·November 12, 2021For the first time, astronomers say they have discovered signs of a planet transiting a star outside of our galaxy.
New Exoplanet Hunting Tool Begins Search for Alien Worlds Supercomputer Based System Uses Advanced Spectroscopy to Spot Earth Sized Planets Christopher Plain·November 10, 2021A new instrument named NEID, the NN-explore Exoplanet Investigations with Doppler spectroscopy, has come online, providing a powerful...
Scientists Successfully Measure Exoplanet’s Atmosphere First of it Kind Detection Seen as a Key Milestone in Search for Extraterrestrial Life Christopher Plain·November 9, 2021Using the Gemini South Telescope in Chile, an international team of scientists have successfully analyzed the chemical makeup...
New Discovery on the “Strangest Exoplanet Ever Found” Has Astronomers Puzzled Candy Chan·September 27, 2021Astronomers have now detected clouds on a gas giant exoplanet nearly 520 light-years from Earth.
New “Hycean” Exoplanets Could Be Hiding Alien Life, New Study Says Water water everywhere...and aliens too? Christopher Plain·August 26, 2021A research team has identified a "Hycean" exoplanet class that they believe makes excellent targets for the search for extraterrestrial life.
“Failed Stars” Are Being Used To Understand Exoplanets Christopher Plain·August 3, 2021Researchers developed a new technique to look at brown dwarfs, also known as “failed stars,” with hopes of shedding some light on exoplanets.
Shields Up! White Dwarf Stellar Winds May Serve as Planetary Defense Shields Christopher Plain·July 21, 2021New research suggests that stellar winds produced by white dwarf stars could serve as "defense shields" for potentially habitable planets.
Complex Life May Prefer Planets Tilted on Their Axis, Says New Research Candy Chan·July 8, 2021Planets tilted on their axis may be more capable of sustaining life, according to new research presented at the Goldschmidt Geochemistry Conference.
Exoplanet Spotted by Astronomers Appears to be Regrowing Its Atmosphere Ryan Sprague·March 22, 2021GJ 1132 b, an exoplanet about forty-one light years from Earth, appears to be re-growing its atmosphere after having lost it in the past.
Gliese 486b, a Newly-Discovered “Super Earth,” Heats Up Exoplanet Studies Micah Hanks·March 12, 2021A gigantic, stony Earth-like world with rivers of lava and almost no atmosphere, Gliese 486b is lighting a fire under current exoplanet studies.
SETI Detected A Mystery Signal From A Nearby Star Radio Signals Detected by SETI Researchers may be First Artificial Signal from an Exoplanet. Christopher Plain and MJ Banias·December 21, 2020A team of researchers from SETI have detected a mystery signal coming from Proxima Centauri, our closest cosmic neighbor.
Search for Mysterious “Planet Nine” Aided by Hubble Exoplanet Discovery Micah Hanks·December 12, 2020An exoplanet with a peculiar orbit 336 light-years from Earth may shed light on the search for the long-sought Planet Nine.
This Lava Exoplanet is Comprised of Burning Rock Things are looking rocky on K2-141b. MJ Banias·November 10, 2020Scientists used simulations to map out the surface conditions of the lava exoplanet K2-141b, a world where it rains burning rocks.