Life on an aquaplanet
MIT study finds an exoplanet, tilted on its side, could still be habitable if covered in ocean.
MIT study finds an exoplanet, tilted on its side, could still be habitable if covered in ocean.
Postdoc fellow recognized for his PhD thesis on the discovery and characterization of many new exoplanetary systems.
Method will help scientists determine the mass of exoplanets that are not measurable in any other way.
While too hot to support life, Kepler 78b is roughly the size of the Earth.
Map reveals a lopsided cloud distribution on an extremely hot planet.
Potentially habitable planets are slightly larger than Earth.
$200 million project will launch telescopes to perform full-sky search for transiting exoplanets.
Josh Winn’s hunt for exoplanets may someday reveal habitable, Earth-like worlds.
Researchers measure the orientation of a multiplanet system and find it very similar to our own solar system.
A planet’s dust cloud may explain strange patterns of light from its star.
Some 950 light-years away, team finds smallest exoplanets yet detected.