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The Most Amazing Space Stories of the Week!
September 16, 2017 | CountdownHurricanes are causing destruction in the Caribbean Sea, the sun has released several intense solar flares, Cassini is one week away from its death dive into Saturn, and a NASA spacecraft may get very close to a distant solar system object.
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Giant, Scorching-Hot Alien Planet Is Darker Than Asphalt
September 15, 2017 | ArticleThe huge, blistering-hot alien world WASP-12b reflects virtually none of the light that hits the planet, a new study reports.
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Weird World: Titanium Spied in Giant Alien Planet's Skies
September 13, 2017 | ArticleAstronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have made the first-ever detection of titanium oxide in an exoplanet's skies. They spotted the substance in the atmosphere of WASP-19b, a "hot Jupiter" located 815 light-years from Earth.
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Nearby Planet Proxima b's Atmosphere Was Likely Stripped Long Ago
August 28, 2017 | ArticleIntense stellar radiation likely stripped away the atmosphere of the nearby alien planet Proxima b long ago, a new study suggests.
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Clouds on 'Failed Stars' Resemble Those on Neptune
August 17, 2017 | ArticleFor the first time, scientists have seen bands of clouds drifting across the skies of failed stars known as brown dwarfs.
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TRAPPIST-1 Planets May Be Twice As Old As Earth
August 17, 2017 | ArticleLife has had a long time to potentially get a foothold on the rocky planets circling the tiny, dim star TRAPPIST-1, a new study suggests.
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How Eclipses Reveal Information About Alien Worlds, Light-Years Away
August 16, 2017 | ArticleMost "eclipses" don't involve the sun and the moon at all.
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Hubble Telescope Detects Stratosphere on Huge Alien Planet
August 03, 2017 | ArticleA huge, superhot alien planet likely has a stratrosphere, like Earth does, a new study reports. The find suggests that layered atmospheres may be common traits of worlds around the galaxy, researchers said.
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Cameras on NASA Exoplanet Spacecraft Slightly Out of Focus
August 02, 2017 | ArticleCameras recently installed on NASA's planet-hunting TESS spacecraft will be slightly out of focus once launched, but the agency said that will not affect the mission's science.
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Giant 'Rogue' Worlds Are Less Common Than Scientists Thought
July 24, 2017 | ArticleThere probably aren't nearly as many giant planets zooming alone through the Milky Way galaxy as scientists had thought, a new study reports.
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