Hunting for exoplanets: past and future
The last decade of space exploration has exceeded even our wildest expectations. And this is only the beginning.
Tag: Kepler
There are over 700 quintillion planets in the universe — but there’s no place like home
The number of planets in the universe is extremely mind-boggling.
Kepler — the spacecraft that discovered thousands of alien worlds — is running on its last drops of fuel
It will have time to find just a couple more candidate exoplanets.
Hunt for planets through Kepler’s data with this newly released Google code
Space exploration made easy.
Revolutionary optical upgrade enables ground-based telescopes to hunt for alien planets
This could be a game changer.
Supernova shockwave recorded for the very first time
Some stars go out with a bang -- a supernova explosion! Using optical images recorded by the now defunct Kepler ...
Scientists find a tiny star with a huge storm — just like Jupiter’s
While the windy and overcast weather of a stormy day isn't surprising on telluric planets, it's not something most of ...
Five ancient alien planets discovered in 11 billion-year-old solar system
The ever resourceful Kepler missions just reported its most interesting find to date: not one, but five planets smaller than ...
Kepler crossed the 1,000 discovered alien planets milestone
Since it was first launched in 2009, the $600 Kepler mission has discovered more than 1,000 alien worlds. Arguably it's ...
Neptune-sized alien planet found to harbor water vapor in its atmosphere
Astronomers have discovered water vapor in the atmosphere of a new exoplanet - a planet from outside our solar system ...
First possible evidence of an exomoon
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Until just a few decades ago, there wasn't any proof that there were any planets beyond those ...
Newly found gassy exoplanet has mass similar to Earth’s
Artist impression of KOI-314c. Credit: C. Pulliam & D. Aguilar (CfA) A team of astronomers recently discovered a new exoplanet ...
Most Earth-like exoplanet in terms of size and mass discovered
Illustration of a exoplanet transiting its parent star in the observational plane. (C) scienceoffice.org Although the Kepler Space Telescope itself ...
Alien planet spotted using Einstein’s theory of relativity
Artist impression of Kepler-76b orbiting around its parent star. The planet was discovered after relativistic effects were observed. The star ...
Most promising Earth-like planets found by Kepler
An artist's impression of a sunrise on Kepler 62f. (c) American Association for the Advancement of Science The ever resourceful ...
Earth-like planets closer than previously thought. Nearest one might lie 13 light-years away
After researchers surveyed data from the Kepler mission tasked with identifying possibly habitable planets outside our solar system they found ...
Technique that allows mapping of distant worlds might allow us to find the next Earth
EPOXI mission image shows what an Earth-like exoplanet might look like from afar. (c) NASA/JPL-Caltech/UMD/GSFC The Kepler mission has proven ...
Kepler telescope – Earth size planets number ’17 billion’
Astronomers working on the Kepler telescope believe that every 1 in 6 stars hosts at least an Earth-sized planet in ...
Newly discovered solar system is very similar to our own
Artist impression of the Kepler-30 solar system, complete with its planets' orbits. (c) Cristina Sanchis Ojeda Researchers at MIT, the ...
Two newly discovered alien planets form closest known pair in the Universe
Kepler, a space telescope on a mission to find alien planets by measuring dips in the brightness of more than 150,000 ...
Turns out, another solar system has more planets than ours
Our solar system is special for two reasons: the first one, obviously - is us. Our solar system is the ...
Kepler’s hunt for Earth-like planets
In our very own Milky Way galaxy alone, astronomers estimate there are between 200 billion and 400 billion stars. Of ...
Two new exoplanets spotted by astro gamers
This news couldn't have come any sooner. It was just last week that we reported how gamers made a monumental ...
Planet orbiting around two suns found by Kepler
A remarkable discovery which turns once again turns fiction into reality, the Kepler spacecraft has found the first confirmed planet ...
Invisible planet discovered
Kepler 19c, an invisible world, was discovered solely through the gravitational influence it has on its companion world, Kepler 19b. ...
Map of planets found by the Kepler satellite
Kinda gives you goosebumps, doesn't it ? Via Berkeley Uni
How many planets are in the Milky Way? Over 50 billion
Yes, you've read that right. There are over 50 billion planets in our galaxy alone, according to the Kepler telescope, ...
The Kepler mission: searching for planets in the Goldilocks area
The Goldilocks area is one of the most interesting for astronomers throughout the known Universe, as it has great hope ...
140 Earth-like planets discovered in the Milky Way by Kepler
An artists rendering of what our galaxy might look as viewed from outside our Galaxy. Our sun is about 25,000 ...
