A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known. The technique...
Carbon Dioxide…in Space? Sunday, April 12th, 2009 - Sarah Gingichashvili Carbon dioxide has been discovered by the Hubble Space Telescope in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. The...
Kepler Launch Countdown Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 - Sarah GIngichashvili This video provides a rare inside look into NASA’s control room just minutes before the Kepler telescope was launched...
A team of European scientists working with COROT have discovered an exoplanet orbiting a star slightly more massive than the Sun. After just 555 days...