Exoplanets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun, are likely more numerous than the stars themselves. In the last 30 years over 4,000 exoplanets have been discovered. These worlds come in all ...

To help, you’ll have to master the same techniques scientists use to find and characterize exoplanets – worlds orbiting faraway stars.

For centuries, planets beyond our solar system—called exoplanets—existed only in theory and science fiction. It seemed nearly impossible to detect planets light-years away, since the ...

Astronomers have discovered a new feature in the distribution of planets beyond the solar system, and this finding could help us understand the dynamics that determine the formation of exoplanets ...

The methods used in the detection and characterisation of exoplanets are presented through the study of transiting systems in this unique textbook for advanced undergraduates. From determining the ...

These exoplanets (planets orbiting a star other than our sun) orbit close to red dwarf stars that are smaller and cooler than the sun, and which make up over 75% of the 200 billion stars in the ...

Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far. Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery ...

While Earth is the only known host of life, astronomers have identified several exoplanets that could potentially support it.

Why is it important to search for exoplanets in triple star systems and how many can we find there? This is what a recent study accepted by Astrophysics & Space Science hopes to address after a ...

When the first exoplanet was discovered in 1995, Sara Seager and Dave Charbonneau were graduate students at Harvard. Both were studying topics totally unrelated to planets orbiting distant stars.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Scientists have discovered two “super-Earth” exoplanets, one of which is in its star’s habitable zone. That means liquid ...

PARIS - A rare exoplanet smaller than Earth has been discovered orbiting one of the closest stars to the sun, although its surface is far too hot to sustain life, astronomers said on Oct 1.