exoplanets Archives – Page 2 of 3

A team of planetary scientists in Japan found Earth-like planets orbiting dwarf stars could still harbor liquid water if they started out…

In recent decades, astronomers have discovered more than 5000 planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system, with nearly 9000 more…

Scientists found that a methylated gas produced by life as a waste product of detoxification could serve as a remotely observable sign of…

Scientists used computer models to determine how likely a planet is to be habitable by its age, size, and distance from its sun.

An observational technique called ‘beam-forming’ detects exoplanetary radio emissions that allow researchers to calculate exoplanets’…

For the past few decades, scientists have been looking at planets outside of our solar system to see if they could host life. Now,…

In recent decades the search for extraterrestrial life has seen major advancements in technology and methodology. The search for…

On a clear night you might easily see Jupiter, Mars or other planets from our solar system. This is how astronomers from thousands of years…

Thanks to NASA’s Kepler Mission, over one-thousand potentially habitable exoplanets have been discovered to-date, orbiting around their…

The airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) is a flying observatory aboard a modified Boeing 747 that takes…