17 April 2020
A six-planet system is discovered and more could be hiding say astronomers
... instrument called SOPHIE installed at the Haute-Provence Observatory in the South of France, astronomers have discovered a six planet system containing a "super-Earth" and five "mini-Neptunes,” all with exceptionally regular spacing; a feature which...
05 October 2020
A dozen "superhabitable" planets better than Earth identified in new study
..., and with an abundance of liquid water on its surface, Earth is a planet like no other that we know of so far. It stands to reason then... 20 to 70 billion years and it might give orbiting planets a better chance to establish life say the team. After...
17 June 2020
Six billion Earth-like planets could be in our galaxy, new study says
... simulation produced a close match, then the initial population was likely a good representation of the actual population of planets orbiting those stars." Kunimoto's research also shed more light on one of the most outstanding questions in exoplanet...
14 June 2016
Astronomers discover a giant planet orbiting two suns
... it orbits are similar in size to our Sun. However, despite orbiting within its stars "habitable zone”, the planet is believed to be a gas giant and therefore unable to support life. "Habitability aside, Kepler-1647 b is important because it is the...
06 February 2017
Planet and Google announce final stages of Terra Bella deal
...) in 2014 for $500 million. The current deal includes the relocation of a significant number of Terra Bella employees to Planet, located in San Fransisco, California. The acquisition includes all of Terra Bella's business dealings, along with its...
17 March 2017
Giant Jupiter-like planet gives a rare peek at alternative planet formation
... its location does not seem to fit with current ideas of planet formation. The traditional view of how Solar Systems such as our...in that is does not require any exotic physics or hidden planets to explain them, which is not always the case when trying...
