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New Way of Probing Exoplanet Atmospheres
June 27, 2012 — For the first time a new technique has allowed astronomers to study the atmosphere of an exoplanet in detail -- even though it does not pass in front of its parent star. Astronomers have used ESO's ... > full story -
Proximity of New Planets Stuns Even Astronomers
June 21, 2012 — One is a rocky planet 1.5 times the size of Earth. The other is a gaseous world nearly four times Earth's size. Together they form a spectacular system in which two planets orbit closer to each other ... > full storyMore: -
'Extremely Little' Telescope Discovers Pair of Odd Planets
June 13, 2012 — Though the KELT North telescope in southern Arizona carries a lens no more powerful than a high-end digital camera, it's just revealed the existence of two very unusual faraway ... > full story -
Small Planets Don't Need 'Heavy Metal' Stars to Form
June 13, 2012 — The formation of small worlds like Earth previously was thought to occur mostly around stars rich in heavy elements such as iron and silicon. However, new ground-based observations, combined with ... > full storyMore: -
Alien Earths Could Form Earlier Than Expected
June 13, 2012 — Previous studies have shown that Jupiter-sized gas giants tend to form around stars containing more heavy elements than the sun. However, new research found that planets smaller than Neptune are ... > full story -
Venus' Transit and the Search for Other Worlds
June 5, 2012 — It's the final opportunity of the century to witness the rare astronomical reunion of the sun, Venus and Earth. On Tuesday, June 5 or 6, 2012, depending on your location, Venus will make its presence ... > full story -
Hunting Planets With Laser Rulers
May 31, 2012 — Laser frequency combs can be used for the calibration of astronomical spectrographs. This will help to find extra-solar planets, i.e. planets that are orbiting a star outside our solar-system. By ... > full story -
Nomads of the Galaxy: What Does It Mean to Have Quadrillions of Planets Adrift in Milky Way?
May 23, 2012 — Planets simply adrift in space may not only be common in the cosmos; in the Milky Way Galaxy alone, their number may be in the quadrillions. Three experts discuss what this may mean, including how it ... > full story -
Newfound Exoplanet May Turn to Dust: Planet’s Dust Cloud May Explain Strange Patterns of Light from Its Star
May 18, 2012 — Researchers have detected a possible planet, some 1,500 light years away, that appears to be evaporating under the blistering heat of its parent star. The scientists infer that a long tail of debris ... > full story -
Unseen Planet Revealed by Its Gravity
May 10, 2012 — More than a 150 years ago, before Neptune was ever sighted in the night sky, French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier predicted the planet's existence based on small deviations in the motion of Uranus. ... > full story
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