Exoplanets

It's easier to detect exoplanets around M-dwarfs, the most common type of star in our galaxy, but these worlds also may suffer from a life-threatening solar wind

Waves on Titan indicate bodies of liquid methane may be home to life

Kepler will rely on solar radiation pressure to balance its compromised pointing ability in order to make observations of targets in the plane of Earth's orbit

If you appreciate John J. Audubon’s exacting detail and beautiful compositions and you marvel at the encyclopedic knowledge and delicate illustrations in the famous Sibley Bird Guides you may be interested to know that there are many contemporary masters following in their footsteps today.

Data from the damaged spacecraft reveal new worlds

A gas giant orbiting a relatively nearby star rotates every eight hours, its spectrum reveals

Astronomers hope that one day soon we’ll obtain a spectrum of light that might tell us whether or not an Earth-sized exoplanet harbors life.

The "Automated Planet Finder" could make astronomers of us all

Pseudo-Earths are out there. That's the message of today's exciting announcement that a planet about the same size as Earth lives in its star's habitable zone--the temperate region around a star where liquid water might flow.

What is our cosmic significance? Does it even make sense to ask a question like that? If you happen to find yourself in Cleveland, Ohio this coming Thursday evening, and stop by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History at 8pm you can catch me talking about this.

                  This week has seen the release of the latest set of ‘confirmed’ exoplanets from NASA’s Kepler mission.

A trove of 715 planets—all members of multiworld systems—joins the list of Kepler's finds