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NASA Needs Your Help Hunting Exoplanets in the Search for Alien Life
At a time when many people are stuck at home, Planet Patrol provides a “community pursuing the common goal of understanding the universe and our place in it,” according to the project leader.
Scientists Discovered an 'Improbable' World That Shouldn't Exist
This Neptune-sized exoplanet, which inexplicably exists in an ultrahot 'Neptune desert,' could provide researchers with answers they've been seeking for years.
NASA’s New Exoplanet Hunter Discovers Its First Planet Orbiting Two Stars
The TESS spacecraft spotted its first Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a star, as well as its first circumbinary planet detection.
Scientists Want to Study Exoplanet Atmospheres for Signs of Alien Life
Instead of looking at individual biosignatures, a new dynamic framework suggests that studying atmospheric seasons may be the key for detecting alien life on exoplanets.
What you need to know about TESS, NASA’s new planet-spotting satellite
NASA will launch launch a satellite into space on Monday that'll be better than any other at finding Earth-like planets.
Moon Landings Are Back in Style, and Other Space Trends of 2017
A total solar eclipse, the grand finale of a beloved orbiter, and two lunar touchdowns are on the schedule for 2017.
Watch this Brief History of the Search for an Earthlike Exoplanet
A trip inside the “holy grail” of exoplanet research.