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
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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
VidTESS also spots Tatooine-alike
08 Jan 2020
No, Illyrian, Naqaỹa, Mastika, Automex aren't Hollywood's hottest baby names – they're new monikers for exoplanets
The IAU brandishes 112 new names for the star systems and its exoplanets to celebrate its 100 year anniversary
18 Dec 2019
A trio of boffins scoop the Nobel Prize in physics for the first exoplanet discovery and big bang model
James Peebles gets half, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz each bag a quarter
08 Oct 2019
Astroboffins baffled after spotting solar system with great gas giant that shouldn't exist
Back to the drawing board folks
27 Sep 2019
First water world exoplanet spotted – and thankfully no sign of Kevin Costner, rejoice!
Red Dwarf solar system too far away for a jaunt on Starbug
12 Sep 2019
Neptune-sized oddball baffles astroboffins: It has a good atmosphere despite star-lashing
First gas giant spotted in the so-called 'Neptunian Desert'
30 May 2019
Three planets and two stars adds up to one research team made very happy by Kepler's unique discovery
Dead telescope keeps on giving
17 Apr 2019
What a smashing time, cheer astroboffins: Epic exoplanet space prang evidence eyeballed
Kepler 107c is way too beefy for its own good
07 Feb 2019
Astroboffins spy a rare exoplanet evaporating before their eyes
*Okay so it will be here for another billion years or so but it's shrinking faster than normal
14 Dec 2018
Goodnight Kepler! NASA scientists lay the exoplanet expert to rest as it runs out of fuel
Exoplanet telescope out, and Opportunity in its last rites
30 Oct 2018
Finally, a use for AI and good old-fashioned simulations: Hunting down E.T. in outer space
Targeted ads, coming to a galaxy nowhere near you
19 Oct 2018
Astroboffins spot the first perfect exoplanet free of clouds
Without a shadow of a doubt WASP-96b has the clearest atmosphere yet
08 May 2018
Astroboffins score a first by spotting traces of helium on an exoplanet
The second most abundant element has proven surprisingly hard to detect
03 May 2018
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