Two Young Super Puffy Exoplanets Discovered by Hubble Space Telescopes

Medicine & Technology Dec 30, 2019

"Super-puffs" may be the last name you'd expect to be used as a description for planets but NASA's discovery proves that super puffy planets exist.

NASA's TESS Spacecraft Presents Panoramic View of Exoplanets

Nov 08, 2019

In the panoramic view, there are at least 29 exoplanets captured and more or less 1000 candidate planets.

NASA Plans to Re-Visit Pluto Through a New Spacecraft

Nov 06, 2019

The spacecraft will also be designed with the right instrumentation for sizing up the glaciers and determine their depth.

More Life Out There Than On Earth, Experts Believe

Aug 26, 2019

Other planets may come with more life than people first thought. Experts think that this may be the truth.

Planet Habitability Could Depend on Its Interior Composition Rather than Atmospheric Conditions

May 05, 2019

Colleagues from Carnegie propose the concept of planetary interiors as the main player in habitability.

Exoplanet Classification Methods & Future Breakthroughs Revealed By Researchers

May 22, 2017

Scientists and researchers discussed the future of exoplanet discoveries.

Scientists Examines Neptune-sized Exoplanet To Understand How The New Worlds Evolve

May 16, 2017

A Neptune-sized exoplanet is also found to have water and clouds on its surface, which will help scientists to learn the evolution of the new worlds.

Scientists Investigate Debris Disk In Near Planetary System 61 Virginis

May 13, 2017

An extra orbital planetary system 61 Virginis is one of the interesting systems, and the international astronomers continue the research of the debris disk in that planetary system.

Super-Earth Exoplanet Best Candidate In Search For Signs Of Life

Apr 22, 2017

The super-Earth exoplanet was recently discovered that may possibly possess any signs of life.

Mathematician Said Most of the Habitable Exoplanets Lack Dry Land

Apr 21, 2017

An expert in statistical and mathematics from Institute of Cosmos Sciences at the University of Barcelona has constructed a statistical model to predict the dry land in the exoplanets and he finds the planets are lacking dry land to sustain life.

Venus’ Rocky Exoplanet Twin Discovered Near Dim Home Star; Key to Finding Other Habitable Planets?

Apr 07, 2017

Find out details about Venus' discovered twin, GJ 1132b here.

NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers 100 Alien Planets And Earth-Like Habitable Planet

Jan 11, 2016

The University of Arizona confirms this information during the 227th American Astronomical Society conference in Kissimmee, Florida.

Are Ceres' Bright Spots Signs of Alien Life? NASA Wants You to Weigh In

May 02, 2015

From the moment they were discovered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, the two bright spots on Ceres have fascinated scientists and amateur astronomers across the world. What are they and why are they there? Scientists believed that once Dawn reached orbit they would be able to learn more about these two mysterious spots, but even now they remain a mystery. NASA has made an unusual move by inviting the public to weigh in on what they believe is the nature of these two bright spots.

Scientists Catch Light Bouncing Off Exoplanet

Apr 24, 2015

An international team of astronomers says they have managed to take the first visible light spectrum from an exoplanet, giving them yet another new tool to probe the nature of the exoplanet known as 51 Pegasi b, otherwise known as “hot Jupiter.”

Planets Outside Our Solar System May Be More Hospitable to Life Than Originally Believed

Jan 20, 2015

A study by astrophysicists at the University of Toronto suggests that exoplanets - planets that are outside our solar system - are more likely to have liquid water, and therefore may be more hospitable to life than researchers originally thought.