- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 11th, 2015
15-Year-Old Discovers Planet Orbiting Star 1,000 Light-Years Away
The planet now goes by the name of WASP-142b
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 9th, 2014
New Planet Is Forming Just 335 Light-Years Away from Us, Evidence Indicates
The planet is forming in the proximity of a star known to astronomers as HD 100546
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 22nd, 2014
Newly Discovered Exoplanet Takes 704 Days to Circle Its Star
A year on Kepler-421b lasts longer than any other one thus far documented on an exoplanet
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 3rd, 2014
Newly Discovered Godzilla of Earths Is 17 Times Heavier than Our Planet
This peculiar planet sits in the constellation Draco, some 560 light-years from Earth
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- February 21st, 2013
Scientists Find Smallest Planet Beyond Our Solar System
The planet is about one third the size of the Earth, even smaller than Mercury
- Space
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 14th, 2012
First of Its Kind Homeless Planet Found Wandering Through Space
This planet has no gravitational link to a star, researchers explain