Atmosphere of Alien Super-Earth Revealed for First Time | Space
The first analysis of a so-called "super Earth" exoplanet atmosphere reveals the distant world is likely covered in water vapor or haze.| Space
The first analysis of a so-called "super Earth" exoplanet atmosphere reveals the distant world is likely covered in water vapor or haze.| Space
The announcement today of two newfound alien planets circling the star Gliese 581 adds to the nearby solar system's intrigue, further cementing its status as a top candidate to harbor extraterrestrial life.| Space
Exoplanet CoRoT-7b is weird world, with rock rains, super-volcanoes, evaporating surface.| Space
The largest planet ever discovered theoretically should not even exist, scientists say.| Space
The closest planet outside our solar system orbits a young Sun-like star only 10.5 light years away—so close that telescopes might soon be able to snap pictures of it, new observations confirm.| Space
Normally, when astronomers trumpet the discovery of yet another extrasolar planet, it’s nearly always a hulking, Homeric object; Jupiter-sized or so. However, the holy grail of the planet sleuths has been to find the small guys; after all, bantam worlds a| Space
The first known world of its kind in a gravitationally challenging setup.| Space
NASA has discovered the smallest planet ever seen outside our solar system – a rocky world measuring just 1.4 times larger than Earth – using its planet-hunting Kepler observatory.| Space
