• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2010
Exoplanetary Flicker Can Help the Quest for Alien Life

Exoplanetary Flicker Can Help the Quest for Alien Life

Or at least help discover oceans and continents on other worlds

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 29th, 2010
The Search for Extraterrestrials Narrows

The Search for Extraterrestrials Narrows

Experts are confident alien life will be discovered soon

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 16th, 2010
New Technique Can Spot Smaller Exoplanets

New Technique Can Spot Smaller Exoplanets

That are also very far away from Earth

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 15th, 2010
Kepler Team Allowed to Conceal Data

Kepler Team Allowed to Conceal Data

For a number of different reasons

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 13th, 2010
Planetary Formation Theories May Need to Be Revised

Planetary Formation Theories May Need to Be Revised

Several exoplanets break established rules

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 13th, 2010
Thousands of Civilizations Could Exist in Our Galaxy

Thousands of Civilizations Could Exist in Our Galaxy

According to new studies of white dwarfs

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 18th, 2010
Newly-Found Exoplanet Similar to Our Gas Giants

Newly-Found Exoplanet Similar to Our Gas Giants

It's different from other 'hot Jupiters'

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2010
Kepler Turns 1 This Week

Kepler Turns 1 This Week

It was launched March 7, 2009

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 3rd, 2010
Hunting for New Exoplanets

Hunting for New Exoplanets

Thousands will be revealed in coming years

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 25th, 2010
Exoplanet WASP-12 in Its Death Throes

Exoplanet WASP-12 in Its Death Throes

Its star's gravity is pulling it apart

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 24th, 2010
Finding Water Beyond the Solar System

Finding Water Beyond the Solar System

New methods bring this goal closer

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 19th, 2010
Very Young Exoplanet Found

Very Young Exoplanet Found

It is orbiting a star similar to our own

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 15th, 2010
Helioseismology Can Be Applied to Other Stars

Helioseismology Can Be Applied to Other Stars

Hidden variations thus become visible

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 15th, 2010
Exoplanets Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Exoplanets Come in All Shapes and Sizes

Our galaxy features a wide variety of them

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 9th, 2010
Kepler Recovering from Safe-Mode Event

Kepler Recovering from Safe-Mode Event

It occurred on February 2

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 8th, 2010
New Technique Can Identify Molecules on Exoplanets

New Technique Can Identify Molecules on Exoplanets

And especially in their atmosphere

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 5th, 2010
Exoplanetary Atmosphere Reveals Glowing Methane

Exoplanetary Atmosphere Reveals Glowing Methane

The finding has been made with a ground-based telescope

 
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