Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...
Our quest to find a “second Earth” has long occupied scientists and dreamers alike. The possibility of another world resembling our own is not just ... Read more The post NASA Just Discovered a ...
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...
The researchers used data collected by NASA’s Kepler telescope, which monitored 150,000 stars and measured dips in their ...
Planets change orbit shape around Neptune’s size. Metal-rich stars help giant planets form. Eccentric orbits suggest chaotic planet formation.
IT’S been nearly 40 years since the first planet outside of our Solar System was discovered. Since then, more than 5,800 weird and wonderful worlds across 4,300 planetary systems have been ...
A major step forward in planetary demographics came when NASA launched its Kepler Space Telescope. By staring continuously at more than 150,000 stars for four years, Kepler detected thousands of ...
It's unlikely you'll be able to walk outside and see a line of planets, but according to NASA, a seven-planet parade happening tonight could be visible in some form in parts of the U.S. The ...
A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was recently used to capture direct images of four Saturn-like exoplanets in a solar system 130 light-years away.