The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

"By studying these planets, we can better understand how planets form in general, a bit like peering into the past of our ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. An extrasolar planet named TOI-1452 b was recently discovered by an ...

Over time, the methods for detecting these “extrasolar planets” have improved, and the list of those whose existence has been confirmed has grown accordingly (to almost 2000!) Definition ...

Forty-four planets in planetary systems beyond our own have been unveiled in one go, dwarfing the usual number of confirmations from extrasolar surveys, which is typically a dozen or less.

Plant Life On Extrasolar Earthlike Planets Could Be Black Date: June 20, 2007 Source: Washington University in St. Louis Summary: Scientists seeking clues to life on extrasolar planets are ...

Amateur astronomers with CCD cameras on their telescopes can measure the light of stars very accurately, and so can participate in the search for transiting extrasolar planets. As described in Seeing ...

In a recent sciencemeeting many colleagues discussed the naming of new extrasolar planets. Ihappened to disagree with the majority, and was surprised when a youngscientist stated, with what ...

Scholarly focus: Bakos joined the Princeton faculty in 2011 and focuses much of his research on extrasolar planets, or exoplanets — those outside of Earth's solar system — and on studying the cosmos ...

Astronomers are getting their first real glimpses of planets in orbit around distant stars. Over the past decade, more than 300 otherworldly worlds have been detected indirectly — typically ...