exoplanet Archives - Page 18 of 38 - 365 Days of Astronomy

Sep 16th: Big Splash & Newborn Planets

What would happen if a large impactor hit our oceans? And more about the protoplanetary disk around HD 163296

by Richard B. Drumm | Sep 14, 2017 | Q&A

In Q&A today we answer the question “What are transition disks?”

This podcast is other-worldly. All about those planets orbiting other stars.

Mars has a 3 times greater chance of being hit by a half mile-wide impactor & the new neighbor, Proxima b.

Astronomers discovered a new packed of earth-like planets. Check it out!

Cheap Astronomy explores strange new worlds on a tight budget.

What makes a planet “Earth-like”?

Time for weekly update! Check out the super cool video of exoplanet orbiting their stars.

by Avivah Yamani | Jan 12, 2017 | Q&A

How do scientists determine the characteristics of an exoplanet and made its illustration if they never have visited it?

How to determine atmosphere of an exoplanet?