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An exoplanet is every planet outside of our Solar System. Exoplanets are typically too small to be seen even by using the biggest Earth-based and space telescopes. They are usually found by analyzing the behavior of the star they are orbiting.
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MAR 19, 2018Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 14, 2018Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2018Space & Astronomy
The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is quickly approaching, and as you can probably imagine, astronome ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2018Videos
Outer space is a playground for scientific exploration, but it can be hard to visualize the data we capture. In most cas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2018Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 12, 2018Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 04, 2018Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 15, 2018Space & Astronomy
Although astronomers might discover new exoplanets orbiting distant stars all the time, it’s not as simple to disc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 10, 2018Videos
The planets residing in our solar system, just like the exoplanets of every other stellar system throughout the universe ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 28, 2017Videos
Space researchers have sent many radio signals into outer space over the years with the hope that a distant alien civili ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2017Videos
Kepler-90 is a distant star system residing around 2,545 light years away from us that NASA now contends has our solar s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 21, 2017Chemistry & Physics
According to the latest online publication in the journal Science Advances, a study led by Rice University scientists ha ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 16, 2017Videos
One of the most significant reasons we search for Earth-like exoplanets is because one of them could have habitable cond ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although Pluto resides 40 times farther from the Sun than the Earth, the once planet turned dwarf planet appears to be m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been searching the galaxy for potentially-habitable exoplanets for years, but it’s not every day ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
If you were to ask any average Joe to describe what space is like in between all the planets in our solar system, they&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2017Videos
KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby's Star, resides more than 1,200 light years away from Earth and baffles scientists ever ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the vital reasons we have observatories floating around in space, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, is that gro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will become Hubble’s successor, that’s not to say that it wil ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola ...Written By: Daniel DuanSEP 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from both McGill University in Canada and the University of Exeter in the U.K. used the Hubble Space Telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Back in October of last year, astronomers observed an interstellar space rock as it zipped through our solar system at b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After nine long years of exoplanetary research, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is beginning to run out of fuel. The
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is quickly approaching, and as you can probably imagine, astronome
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2018
Videos
Outer space is a playground for scientific exploration, but it can be hard to visualize the data we capture. In most cas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers search far and wide for answers to the countless questions we have about our universe. In some cases, astron
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting the nearby star Proxima Centauri is an Earth-like exoplanet called Proxima b. Planetary scientists have marvele
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
When an exoplanet passes in front of its host star from our point of view, astronomers call it a transit event. In some
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 04, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Modern space observatories can only see so far into outer space, but a phenomenon dubbed gravitational lensing sometimes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 15, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Although astronomers might discover new exoplanets orbiting distant stars all the time, it’s not as simple to disc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 10, 2018
Videos
The planets residing in our solar system, just like the exoplanets of every other stellar system throughout the universe
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 28, 2017
Videos
Space researchers have sent many radio signals into outer space over the years with the hope that a distant alien civili
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2017
Videos
Kepler-90 is a distant star system residing around 2,545 light years away from us that NASA now contends has our solar s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Residing some 325 light years away from our solar system is a hot Jupiter-like exoplanet known as WASP-18b. The alien wo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 21, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
According to the latest online publication in the journal Science Advances, a study led by Rice University scientists ha
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 16, 2017
Videos
One of the most significant reasons we search for Earth-like exoplanets is because one of them could have habitable cond
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although Pluto resides 40 times farther from the Sun than the Earth, the once planet turned dwarf planet appears to be m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been searching the galaxy for potentially-habitable exoplanets for years, but it’s not every day
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you were to ask any average Joe to describe what space is like in between all the planets in our solar system, they&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2017
Videos
KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby's Star, resides more than 1,200 light years away from Earth and baffles scientists ever
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the vital reasons we have observatories floating around in space, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, is that gro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will become Hubble’s successor, that’s not to say that it wil
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Credit: forplayday/thinkstock From the discoveries of Earth-like exoplanets to finding water in every corner of our sola
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers from both McGill University in Canada and the University of Exeter in the U.K. used the Hubble Space Telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard