- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 5th, 2012
Earth Climate Models Are Now Being Adapted for Exoplanets
Scientists want to develop tools that can forecast weather on other worlds
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 4th, 2012
Kepler Telescope Gets Mission Extension Through 2016
Several other important missions have also received extensions
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 4th, 2012
Second Earth to Be Discovered Within 2 Years
Scientists are convinced that they will find such a world by 2014
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 29th, 2012
12.8-Billion-Year-Old Exoplanets Discovered
They are only a little bit younger than the Universe
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 28th, 2012
Red Stars Host Countless Earth-Sized Exoplanets
A new investigation reveals how common rocky worlds are in the galaxy
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 26th, 2012
Jupiter May Explain Strange Exoplanet's Composition
Our own gas giant appears to be dissolving, much to the puzzlement of experts
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 23rd, 2012
Habitable Super-Earth Does Not Transfer Life Elsewhere
The world is located in a nearby, multi-planet star system
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 22nd, 2012
Runaway Planets Break All Speed Records
They can travel at mind-boggling speeds while exiting galaxies
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2012
Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars
This preference is dictated by the amount of radiations the stars emit
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 16th, 2012
Plants on Other Worlds May Use Multiple Types of Light
They could therefore produce oxygen regardless of wavelengths
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 9th, 2012
Exoplanets May Conceal Themselves Within Protoplanetary Disks
Researchers say we could fin Earth-like worlds at these locations
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 9th, 2012
Exoplanets Orbiting Neutron Stars May Support Life
Previously, that was thought to be impossible due to several factors
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 5th, 2012
Venus Will Transit the Sun in June
This will be the last such event for this entire century
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 5th, 2012
Exoplanetary Atmosphere Found Harboring Water Vapors
The object has been under research for the past couple of years
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 5th, 2012
Gravity Could Make Dark Matter Heat Up Starless Exoplanets
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 1st, 2012
New Method of Looking for Alien Life
ESO investigators develop innovative approach to such studies
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 1st, 2012
Leap Years May Be Common on Exoplanets
Calendar oddity may be a consequence of planets' orbital properties