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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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NOV 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 BouchardSEP 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine a casual lunch conversation inspiring a series of world-changing scientific projects and hypotheses? Thi ...Written By: Daniel DuanAUG 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Compared to the innermost planets in the solar system, which are smaller and rockier, the outermost planets are larger a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory and the Planetary Habitability Laboratory ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on the lookout for terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets in other star systems that could potentially suppor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
SEP 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
Can you imagine a casual lunch conversation inspiring a series of world-changing scientific projects and hypotheses? Thi
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
AUG 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Compared to the innermost planets in the solar system, which are smaller and rockier, the outermost planets are larger a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Researchers hailing from the University of Exeter have made a compelling discovery after pointing the Hubble Space Teles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the National Science Foundation’s Arecibo Observatory and the Planetary Habitability Laboratory (
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on the lookout for terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets in other star systems that could potentially suppor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to massive exoplanets, one of the ways researchers spot them is by watching and waiting until it finds its
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard