Astrophysics - Exoplanets Topics
Planets by the Dozen
2008 — April 6, 2011
A NASA-funded survey set to begin in 2008 could dramatically increase the number of known planets outside our solar system.
Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star
2008 — April 6, 2011
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star. The planet, called 'Fomalhaut b', orbits the bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years from Earth.
Alien Atmospheres
2001 — April 6, 2011
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected the atmosphere of a planet circling a Sun-like star 150 light years away.
Kepler Discovers Five Exoplanets
2010 — April 6, 2011
NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets.
Kepler Mission to Hunt for Earth-like Planets
2009 — April 6, 2011
Are there other worlds like ours? Are we alone? NASA's Kepler spacecraft is about to begin an unprecedented journey that could answer these ancient questions.
Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths
2009 — April 6, 2011
In a night launch of stunning beauty, NASA's Kepler spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Friday night, March 6th, on a mission to find Earth-like planets circling other stars.
Kepler Detects an Exoplanet Atmosphere
2009 — April 6, 2011
NASA's new planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the changing phases and atmosphere of a planet a thousand light years away.
Ancient Planet
2003 — April 6, 2011
Some 13 billion years ago in a distant cluster of stars, a planet formed. Remarkably it's still there, according to astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope.