New Planets

NASA’s Chief Scientist, Dr Jim Green, speaks to Kepler scientist Jon Jenkins.

Forty-four planets in solar systems beyond our own have been unveiled in one go, dwarfing the usual number of confirmations from extrasolar surveys, which is typically a dozen or less.

Current techniques tend to only detect exoplanets with short orbital periods, however a new method developed by UNIGE researchers allows to find within months planets with periods lasting several years.

Astronomers have imaged a new planet, and it appears nearly identical to one of the best studied gas-giant planets.

Search considered successful “dress rehearsal” for exoplanet hunter TESS.

Two independent teams of astronomers have uncovered convincing evidence that three young planets are in orbit around an infant star known as HD 163296.

Astronomers have discovered two new planetary systems, one of them hosting three planets with the same size of the Earth.

With NASA's interactive Exoplanet Exploration website, you can virtually explore an imagined surface of planets that lie outside our solar system.

Personal recollections of an astrophysicist shed new light on the 1995 discovery on 51 Pegasi b.

Step outside on a clear night, and you can be sure of something our ancestors could only imagine: Every star you see likely plays host to at least one planet.