- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 26th, 2014
ESA Selects PLATO Planet Hunter Telescope for 2024 Launch
The telescope array will study around one million stars
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 17th, 2014
Exomoons May Be Baked Before They Can Develop Life
Their parent stars and host planets may scorch them ahead of time
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 10th, 2014
Intelligent Alien Life May Be Found by 2040
SETI argues that such a discovery may be right around the corner
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 8th, 2014
Kepler Finds Exoplanet That Wobbles
The alien world features very erratic seasons, experts say
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 3rd, 2014
How Circumbinary Planets Form Around Two Stars
The fact that planets can form in binary systems still amazes scientists
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 31st, 2014
New Planet-Hunting Telescope May Launch in 2022
ESA is considering a mission to succeed NASA's Kepler
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 20th, 2014
Super-Earths May Feature Continents, Not Just Watery Surfaces
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 18th, 2014
Gas Giant Seen Forming Around Its Parent Star
The protoplanetary disk is very far away from the actual star
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 15th, 2014
Exoplanet Found Orbiting Rare Solar Twin
The star is nearly identical to the Sun in all respects
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 10th, 2014
Pisces Constellation Reveals Massive Exoplanet
This interesting discovery was announced yesterday
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 9th, 2014
Super-Earths May Be More Earth-like than Thought
A new model refines their characteristics for the better
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 8th, 2014
Direct Exoplanet Imager Enters Active Service
The instrument is capable of observing alien worlds directly
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 7th, 2014
Brown Dwarfs Feature Great Red Spot-like Storms
Most of these objects feature atmospheres similar to Jupiter's
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 7th, 2014
Three Quarters of All Planets Have Sizes Between Earth's and Neptune's
New Kepler data were presented at the January 2014 AAS meeting
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 7th, 2014
First Earth-Mass Alien World Discovered
The exoplanet is located very close to our solar system
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 3rd, 2014
Earth-like Planet Discovered Nearby
The alien world is relatively close in astronomical terms
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 3rd, 2014
Blankets of Clouds Found on Two Nearby Exoplanets
Clouds may exist on the most common types of extrasolar worlds