If you could travel at light speed. Which, unless you’re aphoton(a particle of light), you can’t, and, by current physics, might never be possible. But I digress. Can we get back to those…X-planets? Exoplanets. Let’s toss around some more big numbers. First, how many are there?
000 more transit detections, and just over 200 exoplanets have been confirmed from that data. Meanwhile, ground-based telescopes search for alien worlds in other ways, such as the radial velocity method, where they look for stars that 'wobble' as p...
With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system—and make contact.
a citizen science project to observe exoplanets, planets outside of our own solar system, with small telescopes. He is also the Science Calibration lead for the
One of the most surprising discoveries in the past couple decades is the existence of so-called "hot Jupiters," which are giant exoplanets that orbit way too close for comfort to their parent stars. In short, they shouldn't exist. Gas giant planets need a lot of gas to become giant (he...
Exoplanets near the galactic center could accumulate sufficient dark matter to keep them warm enough to sustain life. Image credit: ESO Dark matter, inferred to exist from its gravitational effects on the universe, is still a mystery to scientists. But a new study says that dark matter could ...
This mission laid the groundwork for exoplanet research today. However, due to the method used by Kepler, there are still many exoplanets that it might have missed. The Roman project aims to extend and complement this work by using a different method. ...
With more than 4,000 exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than our sun—discovered so far, it may seem like we are on the cusp of finding out whether we are alone in the universe. Sadly though, we don't know much about these planets—in most cases just their mass and their radius...
With more than 4,000 exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than our sun—discovered so far, it may seem like we are on the cusp of finding out whether we are alone in the universe. Sadly though, we don't know much about these planets—in most cases just their mass and their radius...
Is There Ice On Other Planets This slideshow explores other planets and satellites that have ice, including Mercury, Mars, and the moon. Exoplanet Learn all about the search for exoplanets (planets that orbit around other stars) in this video....