• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 11th, 2014
O-Type Stars Prevent Exoplanets from Forming Around Proplyds

O-Type Stars Prevent Exoplanets from Forming Around Proplyds

The discovery was made in a new scientific investigation

  • 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

  • Games
  • By Andrei Dumitrescu
  • January 11th, 2013
Elite: Dangerous Galaxy Will Have 100 Billion Star Systems

Elite: Dangerous Galaxy Will Have 100 Billion Star Systems

The game will use a complex random system in order to create them

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 12th, 2012
Eccentric Exoplanets May Support Life

Eccentric Exoplanets May Support Life

Admittedly, only the most extreme varieties of life would endure

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 23rd, 2012
Kepler Sees 41 New Exoplanets

Kepler Sees 41 New Exoplanets

All transiting worlds are located within its field-of view

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 8th, 2012
Hot Jupiters May Prevent Earth-Like Worlds from Forming

Hot Jupiters May Prevent Earth-Like Worlds from Forming

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 18th, 2012
Runaway Planets Can Find New Homes Around Other Stars

Runaway Planets Can Find New Homes Around Other Stars

Sometimes, they are fortunate enough to get caught by gravity

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 9th, 2012
How Planets Form Around New Stars

How Planets Form Around New Stars

New study sought to determine all the conditions required for this process

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 27th, 2012
Eleven Star Systems Reveal 26 Confirmed Exoplanets

Eleven Star Systems Reveal 26 Confirmed Exoplanets

The discovery was made using the NASA Kepler Telescope

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2012
Exoplanet 55 Cancri e May Be Wetter than Astronomers Thought

Exoplanet 55 Cancri e May Be Wetter than Astronomers Thought

The object was initially determined to be scorching hot

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2012
Planetary Obliquity May Be Essential for Alien Life

Planetary Obliquity May Be Essential for Alien Life

This conclusion is based on studies of life here on Earth

Alien Exoplanet Distorts Own Star System

Alien Exoplanet Distorts Own Star System

The finding could yield more insight into the nature of other systems

Total Exoplanet Count Exceeds 700

Total Exoplanet Count Exceeds 700

The Kepler Telescope accounts for many of these worlds

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 28th, 2011
Three Exoplanets Found in Our Neighborhood

Three Exoplanets Found in Our Neighborhood

The objects are located within tens of light-years from the Sun

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 25th, 2011
Youngest Exoplanet Discovered with Keck Telescope

Youngest Exoplanet Discovered with Keck Telescope

Scientists believe the object is still forming as we speak

This Is How Exoplanets May Look Like Under a Red Sun

This Is How Exoplanets May Look Like Under a Red Sun

NASA releases new computer model image of such a star system

Comet Bombardment Observed in Nearby Solar System

Comet Bombardment Observed in Nearby Solar System

The event is reminiscent of the Late Heavy Bombardment

 
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