Exoplanets | Science News

Science News

Real Science. Real News.

Science News is a nonprofit.

Support us by subscribing now.

SUBSCRIBE

Exoplanets

Topic

Exoplanets

Astrobiology
Astronomy
Cosmology
Exoplanets
Particle Physics
Planetary Science
young star disks
News Exoplanets
Gaps in gas disks around stars may not always mark newborn planets
New research has prompted a rethink of the theory that gaps in planet-forming disks around young stars mark spaces where planets are being created.
By Lisa Grossman | 8:00am, July 16, 2019
News | Exoplanets
Moons that escape their planets could become ‘ploonets’
By Lisa Grossman | 10:02am, July 09, 2019
51 Pegasi
News in Brief | Exoplanets
A new algorithm finds nearby stars that could host hidden worlds
By Lisa Grossman | 8:00am, June 25, 2019
planetesimal
News | Exoplanets
This planetary remnant somehow survived the death of its sun
By Maria Temming | 2:00pm, April 04, 2019
Kepler 1658b
News in Brief | Exoplanets
The first planet Kepler spotted has finally been confirmed 10 years later
By Lisa Grossman | 3:13pm, March 05, 2019
Kepler exoplanet
News | Exoplanets
A space rock collision may explain how this exoplanet was born
By Jeremy Rehm | 1:40pm, February 04, 2019
exomoon illustration
News in Brief | Exoplanets
The first suspected exomoon may remain hidden for another decade
By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, January 15, 2019
TESS telescope
News | Exoplanets
Less than a year after launch, TESS is already finding bizarre worlds
By Lisa Grossman | 4:13pm, January 08, 2019
cosmic microwave
News | Exoplanets
Hints of Oort clouds around other stars may lurk in the universe’s first light
By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, November 09, 2018
Kepler telescope illustration
News | Exoplanets
The planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is dead
By Lisa Grossman | 5:11pm, October 30, 2018
Sponsor Message

Latest

Botox injection
News | Health
Botox may relieve persistent pelvic pain caused by endometriosis
By Aimee Cunningham | 1 day ago
family planning clinic
News | Human Evolution, Science & Society
Longer gaps between births can halve infant deaths in developing nations
By Sujata Gupta | 1 day ago
lab mouse
News | Health, Neuroscience
Manipulating nerve cells makes mice ‘see’ something that’s not there
By Laura Sanders | 2 days ago
Microdocodon gracilis fossil
News | Paleontology
A flexible bone that helps mammals chew dates back to the Jurassic Period
By Carolyn Gramling | 2 days ago
Science News is a nonprofit.
Here's how you can support us.
1.
Subscribe
to the magazine
Order
2.
Donate
to the Society
Give
3.
Sign Up
for email

Trending

brain scan
Science Visualized | Neuroscience
A 100-hour MRI scan captured the most detailed look yet at a whole human brain
By Laura Sanders | 1 week ago
Lisa with moon rocks
Feature | Astronomy, Planetary Science
How NASA has kept Apollo moon rocks safe from contamination for 50 years
By Lisa Grossman | 5 days ago
California State Route 178
News | Earth
3 questions seismologists are asking after the California earthquakes
By Carolyn Gramling | 1 week ago
forest
Science Stats | Climate, Ecology, Plants
Planting trees could buy more time to fight climate change than thought
By Susan Milius | 3 days ago
Sponsor Message