Good: Water vapor signal detected for first time on distant planet. Bad: Er, we'll let one of the boffins explain
Hey, look, it's the galaxy's Florida
29 Apr 2021
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We're on our way already: Astroboffins find 5 potentially habitable Tatooine-like systems from Kepler 'scope
Perhaps gigantic puffy exoplanets aren't as hostile to life as previously thought
16 Apr 2021
Habitable-zone exoplanet potentially spotted just around the corner in Alpha Centauri using latest telescope technique
Space is about to look a lot clearer, thanks to adaptive optics
11 Feb 2021
Don't give up on Planet Nine yet: Hubble 'scope finds just such a world a mere 336 light-years away
Massive planets at far out distances from their stars are possible after all
11 Dec 2020
Pack your bags! Astroboffins spot 24 'superhabitable' exoplanets better than Earth at supporting complex life
Just a short 100 or more light years away
06 Oct 2020
Looking for a new hobby to kill the COVID-19 blues? Join NASA's Planet Patrol to hunt for alien worlds
Video You, over there, rustle up a warp drive while we're finding a new galactic pad
01 Oct 2020
Brit uni's AI algorithm clocks 50 exoplanets hidden in Kepler space 'scope archives
Machines are just better at finding alien worlds than us humans
26 Aug 2020
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe – because we used astrometry: A Saturn-like world hugging its star
Mexico, US boffins used technique 'for the first time' with ground-based radio 'scopes to spot exoplanet
04 Aug 2020
'First ever' snap emerges of something vaguely resembling our solar system 300 ly away. We'll take 10 tickets
Pic and video Gassy giants make Jupiter look like an absolute tiddler
23 Jul 2020
With intelligent life in scant supply on Earth, boffins search for technosignatures of civilizations in the galaxy
Pollution, sprawling cities of megastructures, any sign aliens are screwing up just like us...
22 Jun 2020
Looking for a home off-world? Take your pick: Astroboffins estimate there are nearly 6bn Earth-likes in the Milky Way
Getting to them is, however, quite another kettle of fish
17 Jun 2020
The little CubeSat that could: Launched from space station, ASTERIA is smallest satellite to detect an exoplanet
Let's head that way. Doesn't matter if there's no intelligent life on it – there's none here, either
03 Jun 2020
Fomalhaut b exoplanet may have been cloud in a trench coat: Massive 'world' formed after 'mid-space super-prang'
Another one bites the dust
21 Apr 2020
ESA's exoplanet hunter Cheops gets the green light to start checking out future spots mankind could settle on
Not boldly seeking out new worlds, mostly checking out the ones we know
16 Apr 2020
Kepler telescope is dead but the data lives on: Earth-sized habitable zone planet found after boffins check for errors
300 light years away but hey, why not?
16 Apr 2020
Good luck pitching a tent on exoplanet WASP-76b, the bloody raindrops here are made out of molten iron
Raining irooooon, from a lacerated sky
11 Mar 2020
If you're struggling to keep new year resolutions, try NGTS-10b, a mere 1,000 LY away. One year is just 18 hrs
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21 Feb 2020
Pack your bags! NASA's latest exoplanet hunter satellite finds its first Earth-sized world in a habitable zone – and it's only 100 light years away
Vid TESS also spots Tatooine-alike
08 Jan 2020
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