planets

‘Rogue planet’ spotted 100 light-years away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2016
Astronomers have spotted a “rogue planet” – wandering the cosmos without a star to orbit – 100 light-years away.

By David Aragorn
The ‘Earth next door’ may have a breathable atmosphere – and we could find out in 2 years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 13, 2016
Proxima b is a planet that could be habitable, but we won’t know for sure until we can actually see it.

By David Aragorn
Unexpected excess of giant planets in star cluster 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 17, 2016
Astronomers have found far more planets like this in the cluster than expected.

By David Aragorn
Small planets hiding in giant cloaks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 15, 2016
Hazes and clouds high up in the atmospheres of exoplanets may make them appear bigger than they really are, according to new research by astronomers at the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

By David Aragorn
Gluttonous star may hold clues to planet formation 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 14, 2016
A star that takes a lot of materials from its surroundings could very well give us an idea on how planets form.

By David Aragorn
New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 14, 2016
A new giant planet has been discovered within Kepler-1647b.

By David Aragorn
Universe’s first life might have been born on carbon planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 7, 2016
We have good reason to believe that alien life will be carbon-based, like life on Earth, so this also bodes well for the possibility of life in the early universe.

By David Aragorn
How to get the BEST view of MARS in 2016 0
- Featured Articles
- May 20, 2016
As Earth catches up to Mars in its orbit, the Red Planet will appear to halt its nightly eastward motion and move westward (in retrograde) into Libra from April 17 through August 17 before moving rapidly eastward again for the rest of 2016.

By Around the Web Editor
NASA’s Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 11, 2016
NASA’s Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets – the single largest finding of planets to date.

By David Aragorn
Who is behind these ‘out-of-this-world’ 3D universe animations?0
- From Around the Web
- April 20, 2016
A trip through the Galaxy, showing relative movement, and the planet’s paths over time.

By Around the Web Editor