18 May 2016
Multi-planet system hints at extra planet in its cometary belt
... a boost for astronomers hoping to understand how planets and debris discs interact. "This data really ...with ESO's Very Large Telescope, shows the location of the known planets in this system in relation to a graphical representation of the central...
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...
06 December 2017
The next generation planet hunter is here!
...a 16-metre telescope. ESPRESSO will be unsurpassed for at least a decade — now I am just impatient to find our first rocky planet!” explains lead scientist for ESPRESSO, Francesco Pepe from the University of Geneva in Switzerland. The radial velocity...
03 October 2018
Newly discovered far-flung object supports Planet X existence
...orbital period is about 12 years, Saturn’s is 29 years and Uranus completes its orbital period once in a human lifetime. Planet X on the other hand, which is postulated to be 60 billion miles from the Sun, is expected to take 20,000 years to complete...
