It's probably not aliens, but it could help us find potentially-habitable worlds.

Cornell scientists find radio signal coming from an exoplanet

Alien FM

Cornell scientists traced a radio signal back to a hot Jupiter exoplanet. If confirmed, it could help the hunt for habitable worlds.

Cornell Scientists Find Radio Signal Coming From an Exoplanet

This is the first radio signal ever detected from a planet beyond our star system.

On a cosmic timescale, WASP-12b doesn't have much time left.

A super-black planet is about to literally crash into its star

Strange World

An ultrahot gas giant that's even darker than asphalt is going to crash into its star significantly sooner than scientists thought.

A Super-Black Planet Is About to Literally Crash Into Its Star

A horrible fate. 

The ESA already launched an exoplanet-hunting space telescope last year.

This space telescope will study the atmospheres of distant exoplanets

Shiny Space Telescope

The European Space Agency just signed off on two years worth of  feasibility studies, clearing an exoplanet-studying space telescope for launch in 2029.

Upcoming Space Telescope Will Study the Atmospheres of Distant Exoplanets

"It's the first time they've built quite such a large telescope out of aluminium."

"This planet is so intensely irradiated by its star that its temperature is over 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit and its atmosphere could have evaporated entirely."

If the readings are right, there's something very strange about this exoplanet

Against All Odds

A team of astronomers from the University of Kansas have discovered evidence for an atmosphere around an extremely hot exoplanet — that shouldn't exist.

If the Readings Are Right, There’s Something Very Strange About This Exoplanet

"For the first time, we measured the light coming from this planet that shouldn't exist."

Scientists just took an actual picture of a planet in another star system

Snap

Using the Very Large Telescope in Chile, astronomers managed to confirm the existence of an exoplanet by taking a picture of it for the first time.

Scientists Just Took an Actual Picture of a Planet in Another Star System

"We are just starting to explore stunning new worlds."

How Gravitational Microlensing Reveals Rogue Planets

Lone wolf "rogue planets" are becoming much easier to find thanks to a new technique.

An Earth-sized planet is floating around without a star

A Bit On the Nose

Astronomers have spotted something strange and unexpectedly sad: a rogue planet floating freely in the dark confines of our galaxy.

An Earth-Sized Planet Is Floating Around Without a Star

"The universe could be teeming with rogue planets and we wouldn’t even know it."

"Automated methods of processing TESS data sometimes fail to catch imposters that look like exoplanets. The human eye is extremely good at spotting such imposters, and we need citizen scientists to help us distinguish between the lookalikes and genuine planets."

New website lets you help NASA find alien worlds

Planet Patrol

NASA launched a new citizen science project called Planet Patrol that asks for the public to help identify new exoplanets.

New Website Lets You Help NASA Find Alien Worlds

Here's how you can help.

Scientists claim to find first-ever planet in another galaxy

Distant Neighbors

Scientists think they may have discovered an exoplanet that resembles Saturn in another galaxy, but it could be decades before they know for sure.

Scientists Claim to Find First-Ever Planet in Another Galaxy

"There's absolutely no reason to think there wouldn’t be planets in other galaxies."

Astronomers discover "pi Earth" planet that orbits every 3.14 days

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A team of scientists at MIT have discovered a "pi Earth," an Earth-sized planet that orbits its star every 3.14 Earth days.

Astronomers Discover “Pi Earth” Planet That Orbits Every 3.14 Days

And its orbit is a circle!!

"Any planets formed within the misaligned ring will orbit the star on highly oblique orbits."

A three-star system ripped apart its own protoplanetary disc

Oh, The Humanity

Scientists identified a solar system with three stars that tore apart its own protoplanetary disc with the stars' bizarre orbits.

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