Planet hunting

Planet Hunting Techniques: Radial Velocity - YouTube

Even though a planet is so much smaller than its star, it still exerts a tiny gravitational tug on the star as it orbits.

Planet Hunter - Astronomy for kids, Earthlike planets, outer space

Middle Grade Astronomy Book asks Are we alone? Do Earth-like planets orbit the stars in the night sky? Dr. Geoff Marcy overcomes the odds to find out.

If you ever wanted to help find new planets, now's your chance

The team behind a planet-hunting telescope array called the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) is looking for help with the large volume of data the ...

Hunting for exoplanets: past and future - ZME Science

Planets and planetary systems are extremely diverse;; No exoplanets similar to Earth in size, distance, and type of star they orbit have been ...

Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

A look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone.

Home, Planet & Hunters - Apps on Google Play

A group of "Hunters" gather, embarking on an exploration and mission across the shattered continents. Will you become the hunter or the hunted?

Astronomers Are Now Hunting for Planet 9 and Planet 10

According to the pair's calculations, the undiscovered planet would have to be about the same size as Mars. The researchers predict that the ...

"Paradise" Worlds are not the only option for hazard and sentinel ...

PSA for anyone hunting for their perfect planet: "Paradise" Worlds are not the only option for hazard and sentinel free planets. Discussion.

The planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is dead - Science News

The Kepler space telescope is officially out of fuel and will hunt planets no more, NASA announced.

Methods for Hunting Exoplanets - Alien Earths

In 2009, when the Kepler Space Telescope began operations, the transit method became the most efficient way to hunt for planets. The transit ...

UCI astronomers sharpen planet-hunting tools

Astronomers like UCI's Professor Paul Robertson hunt for habitable planets beyond our solar system. But the task is like trying to spot a ...

Planet Hunter Earth Science Article for Students

NASA recently launched a new satellite named TESS (short for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). It will search the stars for undiscovered exoplanets.

The hunt is on for closest Earth-like planets

TESS will observe 400,000 stars across the whole sky to catch a glimpse of a planet transiting across the face of its star, one of the primary ...

Nasa's planet hunting mission finds three new 'worlds'

Nasa's new planet hunter discovered three new exoplanets. These are outside the solar system. They orbit a star called TOI 270, only 73 light-years away.

Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

This nonfiction science book takes a look at research transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone | space.

Planet Hunters | Your Job - TIME for Kids

The Kepler telescope, which was launched in 2009 and retired in 2018, searched for planets by staring unblinkingly at 150,000 stars—a tiny ...

NASA's planet-hunting satellite celebrates first year in operation

NBC News Now's Dasha Burns takes an in-depth look at the driving mission of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, ...

Five Things to Know About NASA's New Planet-Hunting Satellite

TESS's job is to expand on Kepler's mission, scanning the night sky for exoplanets. Here are five things to know about the exciting new mission.

Milestone achieved for planet hunting mission | UCL News

The European Space Agency's Plato satellite, which will search for Earth-like planets orbiting the habitable zone of stars, is a step closer ...

TESS's first-year of planet-hunting was out of this world - NASA Tumblr

TESS's first-year of planet-hunting was out of this world Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered … what other kinds of ...