Tags: Exoplanet discovery

New Study Finds at Least 45 Planets With Qualities Similar to Earth

SPACE 09.10.2020 08:30 AM

Astronomers claim that at least 45 exoplanets are similar to Earth—from the composition of their atmosphere to the presence of liquid water that can possibly support life.

NASA Telescope Reveals Seven Earth-sized Planets Around Single Star

4 of the Weirdest Kinds of Planets Ever Discovered

07.23.2020 11:20 AM

Modern science fiction has brought us worlds of ice or fire of giant planets. However, actual science is a few steps ahead in terms of being unimaginable and downright weird. Here are four of the weirdest planets ever discovered:

Scientists Find Previously "Lost" Planet in Search of Habitable Worlds

07.23.2020 11:00 AM

Scientists have found a previously lost planet using a technique used for scanning exoplanets, according to a report from the University of Warwick.

Exoplanet WASP-12b Is in Orbital Decay and Roasting in Three-Million Years

Exoplanet WASP 12-B Will Be Totally Extinguished As It's Orbit Decays

01.10.2020 23:47 PM

Expect the exoplanet WASP 12-b to die soon as it roasts in its sun after its orbit decays. Soon enough, this will be just planet that will join the cosmos as another dead world.

There Is Less Water Than Expected in Exo-Planets, Earth-Like Worlds Should Be Found

The Search For Earth-Like Planets Intensifies As Exo-Planets Prove to Have Less Water Than Originally Assumed

01.09.2020 03:34 AM

The search for habitable planets like Earth is a priority because it has large expanses of water, called an ocean.

Exoplanet Classification Methods & Future Breakthroughs Revealed By Researchers

05.22.2017 17:49 PM

Scientists and researchers discussed the future of exoplanet discoveries. After discovering many exoplanet candidates in the past, scientists couldn’t just stay still.

Two New Exoplanets Orbiting Red Dwarfs Discovered To Have Saturn-Like Mass

05.10.2017 04:07 AM

The two Saturn-like mass exoplanets were named OGLE-2013-BLG-0132b and OGLE-2013-BLG-1721b. Tens of thousands of light years away from Earth, two new exoplanets were discovered by scientists using gravitational microlensing.