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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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APR 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of interest in exploring two of our closest stellar neighbors, which happen to be Alpha and Proxima Centa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 20, 2017Space & Astronomy
You probably remember the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, which was proposed by billionaire Yuri Milner and astrophysi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
What if we told you another star some 64 light years away from us is on a crash course with the Solar System? Well, it t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life throughout the universe, we’ve already been sit ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 30, 2016Space & Astronomy
A new study into the distant star systems that we discover and observe with the Kepler space telescope and more suggests ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 29, 2016Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is supposed to be NASA’s next major step forward from the Hubble Space Teles ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 22, 2016Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2016Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the ...DEC 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
There are a ton of stars in the universe, so many in fact that we can’t really count them all, but the ones we are ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always looking for Earth-like exoplanets outside of our Solar System because they may hold the key ingre ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
The closest star system to Earth’s own is the Alpha Centauri system, which is just over four light years away. Ast ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2016Space & Astronomy
A Saturn-like exoplanet in another system is currently making astronomers based out of both Japan and the Netherlands sc ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 22, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has something to be proud about in terms of its 1 Billion-dollar Juno spacecraft, which is currently observing the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 12, 2016Space & Astronomy
The mysterious world from the nearby system Proxima Centauri that we know as Proxima b was recently announced to be very ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When scientists look for exoplanets, one type that stands out the most are terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets. Unlike gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Trappist-1 system has a lot of scientists very excited about the future of space exploration because it was recently
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While the universe is vast, we are always poking our noses around in our neighboring star systems in an attempt to find
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of interest in exploring two of our closest stellar neighbors, which happen to be Alpha and Proxima Centa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Any time we are able to discover water anywhere in the universe besides Earth, it’s a pretty spectacular finding.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been looking for traces of life on other planets for decades. The fact that it’s highly probable
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 20, 2017
Space & Astronomy
You probably remember the Breakthrough Starshot initiative, which was proposed by billionaire Yuri Milner and astrophysi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
What if we told you another star some 64 light years away from us is on a crash course with the Solar System? Well, it t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to the search for intelligent extra-terrestrial life throughout the universe, we’ve already been sit
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the types of exoplanets that stick out most to astronomers who study the curious and distant heavens are hot, gas
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 30, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A new study into the distant star systems that we discover and observe with the Kepler space telescope and more suggests
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There appears to be a star similar to our own Sun some 300 light years away from our own that has a nasty habit of devou
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is supposed to be NASA’s next major step forward from the Hubble Space Teles
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 22, 2016
Technology
Getting a deep enough look into the depths of space where all of the known exoplanets are is a tough task, but new advan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2016
Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the
...
DEC 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There are a ton of stars in the universe, so many in fact that we can’t really count them all, but the ones we are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are always looking for Earth-like exoplanets outside of our Solar System because they may hold the key ingre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The closest star system to Earth’s own is the Alpha Centauri system, which is just over four light years away. Ast
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A Saturn-like exoplanet in another system is currently making astronomers based out of both Japan and the Netherlands sc
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 22, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has something to be proud about in terms of its 1 Billion-dollar Juno spacecraft, which is currently observing the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The mysterious world from the nearby system Proxima Centauri that we know as Proxima b was recently announced to be very
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard