Rappler's latest stories on exoplanet
Alien life is out there, but our theories are probably steering us away from it
What we notice depends, quite heavily sometimes, on our theories, concepts, background beliefs, and prior expectations
Glitch delays launch of Europe's exoplanet hunter
CHEOPS, short for CHaracterising ExxOPlanet Satellite, will seek to better understand what exoplanets are made of – an important step in the long quest to unravel the conditions required for extraterrestrial life
Nobel Prize in Physics: How the first exoplanet around a sun-like star was discovered
This award marks a long-awaited recognition of one of the greatest revolutions in modern astronomy, one that has radically changed our perception of our place in the universe
Water discovered for first time in atmosphere of habitable exoplanet
Eight times the mass of Earth and twice as big, K2-18b orbits in its star's 'habitable zone' at a distance – neither too far nor too close – where water can exist in liquid form, scientists report
Here's your chance to name an exoplanet and its host star
'The names of the exoplanet and its host star should be related to one another and they should be culturally or historically relevant to the Philippines,' says PAGASA
SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS
The washing machine-sized spacecraft is built to search outside the solar system, scanning the nearest, brightest stars for signs of periodic dimming
NASA's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is scheduled to launch Monday at 6:32 pm (2232 GMT) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
New planet could support life – ESO observatory
A new extrasolar system planet can be added to a handful of fellow exoplanets which could theoretically support life, the European Southern Observatory says
NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets
The 10 new Earth size planets bring the total to 50 that exist in habitable zones around the galaxy
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7 Earth-like planets found orbiting nearby star
A nearby dwarf star is orbited by at least 7 exoplanets a number of which have the potential to sustain life scientists announce
NASA set to reveal major exoplanet 'discovery'
NASA will hold a news conference to present new findings on planets that orbit stars other than our sun
'Passengers' and the real-life science of deep space travel
Deep space travel technology has always been unattainable outside the fertile imaginations of filmmakers from Woody Allen and Ridley Scott to James Cameron and Christopher Nolan – until now
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Earth-like planet orbiting star nearest our Solar System
Scientists confirm the presence of an Earth like exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri the star nearest our Solar System
NASA's Kepler discovers more than 104 new exoplanets
NASA: We discovered many planets about twice the size of the Earth orbiting so close to their host stars that they are hotter than 1000 degrees
Scientists discover strange planet with 3 stars
The planet named HD 131399Ab is located about 340 light years from Earth and is believed to be about 16 million years old
Real-life Tatooine? Scientists discover giant new planet orbiting two suns
Located near the Cygnus constellation the planet Kepler 1647 b lies some 3 700 light years away from the Earth
NASA: 1,284 new planets found by Kepler telescope
Of the 1 284 nearly 550 could be rocky planets like Earth based on their size
Scientists discover 3 'potentially habitable' planets
Given their size and proximity to their low intensity star all 3 planets may have regions at temperatures within a range suitable for sustaining liquid water and life the study says
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Milky Way may host billions of planets in 'habitable' zones – study
The Milky Way galaxy may be home to billions of planets orbiting their host stars in a habitable zone where life could theoretically exist researchers say
Star masses also yield exoplanets
Astronomers using an exoplanet hunting instrument at the European Southern Observatory ESO in the Chilean desert find that planets are probably just as common in star clusters
Kepler planet hunter spacecraft beyond repair: NASA
NASA said it cannot fix the hobbled Kepler Space Telescope it is now considering what scientific research it can still do
Giant exoplanet reveals its true colors
There s another blue planet a long long way from Earth no water world but a scorching hostile place where it rains glass sideways
In feat, telescope directly spots lightweight exoplanet
The new discovery is a gas giant about four to five times the mass of Jupiter the largest planet of our solar system
