How common are habitable planets? Where’s the life? How common are planets that could potentially support life?
Aug 27th: How Common Are Habitable Exoplanets?
Tag: exoplanet
Aug 13th: KELT-9b: The Hottest Known Exoplanet
Aug 10th: The Strange Orbit of a Rare Exoplanet
Jul 23rd: HAT-P-67b: The Largest Known Exoplanet
From it size, HAT-P-67 b almost made it to star status but doesn’t have enough mass for nuclear fusion to take place. More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jul 11th: What Do Other Planets Sound Like?
We know that in space, no one can hear you scream. But what would things sound like on another planet?
Jun 25th: TRAPPIST-1d: A World on the Edge of Life
Tucked inside a quiet solar system, in the area of sky outlined by the constellation Aquarius, orbits a planet named TRAPPIST-1d, the third of seven planets in a system. More about this planet today with Deep Astronomy
Jun 17th: Exoplanets by the Numbers
Here’s a familiar question: How’s the weather? We’re familiar with the weather on Earth. How about exoplanet? for the first time in history, astronomers can now answer that question. Here’s the story
Jun 12th: Aurora at Home
This month is indulgent and ranty! There is a big dive into the huge aurora display in May, talk of new exoplanets and old ones vanishing. The usual skyguide and this months history moment is all about X rays.
Jun 11th: Direct Imaging Exoplanets In Our Telescopes
There are planets in orbit around stars outside our solar system – and even rogue planets. But finding them is very hard. They are small and dim. But ideally, we’d like to see them directly, in our telescopes. Is that possible?
May 27th: Rogue Planets
Most of the exoplanets we’ve found are around stars, where they belong. But a few have been found free-floating in interstellar space. How do they form and how can we learn more about them?