All Entries Tagged With: "Exoplanets"
Mini-Solar System has smallest planets found so far
NASA’s Kepler mission has found three planets smaller than Earth circling a dim, red star.
First Earth-size planets orbiting a Sun-like star
NASA’s Kepler mission finds the smallest planets ever confirmed circling a star like our Sun.
Kepler finds planet in the habitable zone
NASA’s planet-hunting space telescope confirms “super Earth” discovery.
18 new giant planets found
Largest single announcement of planets discovered orbiting stars bigger than our Sun.
Over 50 new planets discovered
Record planet-haul turns up dozens of new exoplanets, including 16 ‘super-Earths’.
“Star Wars” planet discovered
NASA’s Kepler satellite spots a Saturn-sized world orbiting two stars.
Unseen planet uncovered
Planet running “five minutes late” reveals the presence of a second nearby, but invisible, world.
Alien world is blacker than coal
Super-hot, almost-pitch black world orbits a star 750 light-years from Earth.
Exoplanets have unearthly light shows
Planets close to their stars are blasted by stellar storms, producing stunning sky displays.
Aussie scope to be upgraded
New planets, exploding stars and space junk the targets for improved WA telescope.
