

Science Jan 23

New efforts hint that a nearby exoplanet -- GJ 1132 b -- may have an Earth-like atmosphere with water and methane.
By Mara Johnson-Groh, Scientific American
Science Dec 12

You may want to pack goggles and sunscreen before you visit HAT-P-7b, based on the first convincing report of weather on an exoplanet.
By Nsikan Akpan
Science Aug 24

Astronomers find an exoplanet that could be habitable—and it’s as close to us as it could possibly be.
By Lee Billings, Scientific American
Science May 10

NASA has confirmed 1,284 exoplanets, the largest number announced at once, thanks to a new math formula.
By Nsikan Akpan
Dec 19

By Joshua Barajas
NASA’s Kepler space telescope, once thought “beyond repair,” has found a planet two and a half times the size of Earth outside the Milky Way, the space agency announced Thursday.
Apr 17

By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy
NASA explanatory scientists announced Thursday that the Kepler Space Telescope has found an Earth-like planet in our galaxy. Elisa Quintana, exoplanet research scientist for the SETI Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center, says the planet is in the “Goldilocks zone,”…
Support Provided By: Learn more
Educate your inbox
Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.