Astronomers May Have Spotted Distant Baby Planet's Birth, A Cosmic First
Science Scientists think they have seen a baby planet swirling to life around a very young sun-like star, about 350 light years from Earth in the southern constellation Chameleon. If… Scientists think...
View ArticleKepler's Ongoing Exoplanet Findings Show Bizarre Solar Systems And Peculiar...
Science As astronomers continue mining data from the Kepler telescope, the planetary peculiarities keep on coming. We've already seen the smallest rocky world, 54 planets in a… As astronomers continue...
View ArticleDiscovered: The First Earth-Sized Worlds Outside Our Solar System
Science The smallest exoplanets yet Two small, scorched Earth-sized worlds orbiting a reddish sun-like star in the Cygnus constellation mark yet another milestone for the storied Kepler Space...
View ArticleNewly Discovered "Fried" Planets Are Smallest Ever
Science Yesterday's smallest-ever exoplanets held that record for just about 24 hours Two more little Earth-sized planets have been discovered orbiting a distant star, astronomers said Wednesday, and...
View ArticleOn Average, Every Star Has At Least One Planet, New Analysis Shows
Science What are the implications for the search for extraterrestrial life? PopSci asks the experts Each star in the Milky Way shines its light upon at least one companion planet, according to a new...
View ArticleThe Solar System With the Most Planets Is Now ... HD 10180
Technology It’s a shame about Pluto. Now that the astronomical community has downgraded the once-furthest planet from the sun to non-planet status (technically it’s now referred to as a… It’s a shame...
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