Tag: Extrasolar Planets
A planet 1,200 light-years away is a good prospect for a...
An artist's conception of Kepler-62f, a planet in the 'habitable zone' of a star located about 1,200 light-years from Earth.Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle
A distant...
First evidence of icy comets orbiting a sun-like star
Illustration of the dust ring surrounding HD 181327.Credit: Amanda Smith, University of Cambridge
An international team of astronomers have found evidence of ice and comets...
Exoplanets’ complex orbital structure points to planetary migration in solar systems
The University of Chicago's Sean Mills (left) and Daniel Fabrycky describe the complex orbital structure of the Kepler-223 expolanetary system in the May 11,...
Astrophysicists find triple star system with ‘hot Jupiter’
Artist's interpretation of a hypothetical moon in orbit around a planet found in a tight-knit triple-star system.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Crisp, clear images of a "hot Jupiter"...
Planet 9 takes shape: Newfound planet in our outer solar system...
Simulated structure of planet candidate 9.Credit: © Esther Linder, Christoph Mordasini, Universität Bern
Astrophysicists at the University of Bern have modelled the evolution of the...
