- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- January 3rd, 2013
There Are at Least 100 Billion Planets in the Milky Way, Maybe Several Times That
There are at least as many planets as there are stars in the Milky Way
- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- January 3rd, 2013
ALMA Sees Two Baby Planets Feeding Around a Nearby Star, a First-of-Its Kind Find
The radio telescope saw the exoplanets guzzling up gas from their surrounding cloud
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- December 28th, 2012
First “Alien Earth” Is to Be Found in 2013, Scientists Say
Researchers are confident Earth's twin is just around the corner
- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- December 19th, 2012
Potentially Habitable Planet Found Around the Nearby Tau Ceti, Visible to the Naked Eye
Tau Ceti is only 12 light years away and is the closest sun-like star
- Space
- By Cristina Macari
- December 7th, 2012
7 Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Revealed in New Catalog
5 planets were added to the list of possibly habitable worlds in only one year
- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- November 8th, 2012
Newly Discovered Super Earth Is Perfectly Positioned to Harbor Life
The planet is just 42 light years away and could contain liquid water
- Science Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 27th, 2012
Exoplanet Brought Back from the Dead
It turns out Fomalhaut b was a planet all along, just like originally thought
- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 17th, 2012
Earth-Size Planet Found Next Door Orbiting Alpha Centauri, the Closest So Far
The smallest and closest exoplanet ever found, near a sun-like star
- Science Blog
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 16th, 2012
5 New Earth-Size Exoplanets Orbit so Close to Their Star That a Year Takes One Day
The planets have been discovered with the help of the Kepler space observatory
- Space
- By Lucian Parfeni
- October 15th, 2012
Exoplanet with Four Suns Found
The planet was discovered by amateur astronomers and is the first of its kind
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 18th, 2012
Exoplanet Is Being Vaporized by Its Parent Star
The object appears to be turning into dust, scientists say
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 30th, 2012
Giant Exoplanet Split into Two Earth-Sized Chunks
Its parent star was most likely responsible for this phenomenon
