Science Nov 29 NASA satellites discovered a 6-planet solar system in perfect synchrony By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
Science Apr 16 WATCH LIVE: TESS, NASA’s new exoplanet hunter, launches on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will monitor more than 200,000 stars to discover thousands of exoplanets, ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants. By Jason Steffen, The Conversation
Science Jan 23 Signs of alien air could herald new era of exoplanet discoveries 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 Here’s the first weather report for an exoplanet 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 This Earth-like planet orbits the Sun’s nearest neighbor every 11 days 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
May 10 NASA’s Kepler mission doubles tally of exoplanets by weeding out impostors By Nsikan Akpan NASA has confirmed 1,284 exoplanets, the largest number announced at once, thanks to a new math formula. Continue reading
Dec 19 Kepler keeps going, finds new ‘super-Earth’ 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. Continue reading
Apr 17 Kepler finds new Earth-like planet 500 light-years away 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,”… Continue reading