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NASA’s Exoplanet Watch Wants Your Help Studying Planets Around Other Stars

It’s no secret that the study of extrasolar planets has exploded since the turn of the century. Whereas...

Astronomers Scanned 12 Planets for Alien Signals While They Were in Front of Their Stars

The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT), part of the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, is...

Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Find a Pair of Waterworld Exoplanets

As of December 19th, 2022, 5,227 extrasolar planets have been confirmed in 3,908 systems, with over 9,000 more awaiting...

The Case of the “Missing Exoplanets”

Today, the number of confirmed exoplanets stands at 5,197 in 3,888 planetary systems, with another 8,992 candidates awaiting confirmation....

What Happens to Hot Jupiters when their Star Becomes a Red Giant?

The study of extrasolar planets has led to some astounding discoveries, many of which have defied the expectations of...

Here are Four Ways JWST Could Detect Alien Life

Less than a year after it went to space, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already demonstrated its...

TESS has Resumed Normal Operations

In April 2018, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the successor to the Kepler Space Telescope that...

TESS Finds a Super-Earth and two Mini-Neptunes in a Single System

The field of extrasolar planet studies continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Currently, 5,090 exoplanets have been...

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