• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 27th, 2013
The First Exomoon May Have Been Detected

The First Exomoon May Have Been Detected

If confirmed, this would be the first object in its class ever found

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 20th, 2013
Weight of Alien World Found by Studying Its Atmosphere

Weight of Alien World Found by Studying Its Atmosphere

New study may increase our odds of finding Earth analogs

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 18th, 2013
Billion-Star Surveyor May Be Used for Exoplanet Hunt

Billion-Star Surveyor May Be Used for Exoplanet Hunt

ESA says its new space telescope is extremely capable

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 16th, 2013
Failed Star System Nearby May Host Exoplanet

Failed Star System Nearby May Host Exoplanet

Calculations revealed a third object around the binary

Revamped Kepler Mission Invited to NASA Review in 2014

Revamped Kepler Mission Invited to NASA Review in 2014

The planet-hunting telescope could get a new chance to life next year

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 12th, 2013
Edges of Habitable Zone Around the Sun Refined in New Study

Edges of Habitable Zone Around the Sun Refined in New Study

The data can potentially be extrapolated to other star systems

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 10th, 2013
Earliest Planets May Have Been Habitable

Earliest Planets May Have Been Habitable

Life may be as old as the Universe, new study shows

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 7th, 2013
Impossible Exoplanet Defies Theories on Planet Formation

Impossible Exoplanet Defies Theories on Planet Formation

The world exhibits some bizarre characteristics that cannot be explained

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 6th, 2013
Exoplanet Gliese 581g May Be Habitable

Exoplanet Gliese 581g May Be Habitable

Astronomers are not yet sure if the world exists at all

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 4th, 2013
Water Found on Five Distant Worlds

Water Found on Five Distant Worlds

The discoveries were made using NASA's flagship telescope

Solar System-like Star System Discovered Nearby

Solar System-like Star System Discovered Nearby

This is the closest match to our own system ever discovered

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 2nd, 2013
Super-Earths May Be the Most Common Exoplanets Out There

Super-Earths May Be the Most Common Exoplanets Out There

Telescopes have found numerous such worlds outside the solar system

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2013
Planet Hunting Should Be More Conservative, Experts Say

Planet Hunting Should Be More Conservative, Experts Say

Telescopes are currently searching for new world indiscriminately

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 28th, 2013
How to Limit the Search for Alien Life in the Universe

How to Limit the Search for Alien Life in the Universe

New model only takes into account really promising worlds

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 28th, 2013
Red Dwarfs May Host Habitable Exoplanets

Red Dwarfs May Host Habitable Exoplanets

Billions of these small stars could be permeating the Milky Way

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 26th, 2013
Kepler Telescope to Begin New Science Mission

Kepler Telescope to Begin New Science Mission

The observatory has concluded its first scientific assignment

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 6th, 2013
Famous Planet-Hunting Telescope Could Be Brought Back to Life

Famous Planet-Hunting Telescope Could Be Brought Back to Life

NASA is considering re-purposing Kepler for different studies

 
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