Bright star reveals new Neptune-sized exoplanet

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:50

An international team of astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet, christened "Kepler-410A b."

`Rare` brown dwarf discovery provides benchmark for future exoplanet research

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:51

A team of researchers have directly imaged a very rare type of brown dwarf that can serve as a benchmark for studying objects with masses that lie between stars and planets.

Exoplanet orbiting solar twin found in distant star cluster

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 00:57

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet orbiting a solar twin 2500 light-years away, according to a new study.

Earth`s `gaseous twin` discovered 200 light years away

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 12:20

Scientists have come across a new planet, considered Earth`s `twin`, in another solar system that is located 200 light years away.

Newly discovered small exoplanets may be fluffy

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 10:33

During its four-year mission, NASA`s Kepler space telescope discovered thousands of "planetary candidates" in our Milky Way galaxy, many of which were found to be covered in gas.

Alien life near us a distinct possibility

Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 22:41

It`s time to tune into "2013: A Space Odyssey". A pair of failed stars - known as brown dwarfs in the astronomers` community - may be hiding an alien world which, if confirmed, would be one of the closest ever to our sun.

Predicted unseen exoplanet found

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:42

Astronomers have now confirmed the presence of Kepler-88 c, an unseen planet that had been previously predicted thanks to the gravitational perturbation it caused on its transiting brother planet, Kepler-88 b.

Astronomers discover exoplanet that shouldn`t be there

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:58

A team of astronomers were left mystified after they discovered a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-Sun distance.

Alien life likelier to exist on purple planets

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 19:33

Based on the theory that Earth`s very first inhabitants were purple bacteria, a new study has claimed that purple planets are more likely to house alien life than any other planet.

One in five Milky Way stars may have Earth-like planets: Study

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 09:28

One out of every five sun-like stars in the Milky Way galaxy has a planet about the size of Earth that is properly positioned for water, a key ingredient for life, a study released on Monday showed.