US scientists to boycott NASA meeting

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 13:38

Several prominent scientists in exoplanet research have decided to boycott a NASA conference after learning Chinese researchers are barred from attending by the space agency, which cited national security as its reason.

Humans to get extinct before Earth ends in 1.75 billion years

Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 09:34

Habitable conditions on Earth will exist for at least another 1.75 billion years, according to astrobiologists.

Exoplanet that celebrates New Year every 8.5 hours discovered

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 22:31

Researchers at MIT have discovered an exoplanet that is 700 light-years away and completes an entire rotation around its star in just 8.5 hours.

Lowest-mass exoplanet spotted around a Sun-like star

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 6, 2013, 13:02

An international team of astronomers has spotted a giant planet around the bright star GJ 504, using infrared data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.

Exoplanet eclipsing parent star detected for 1st time

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 15:16

Astronomers have for the first time, through X-ray observations, detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star.

Brown dwarf `capable of giving birth to planet`

Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2013, 15:25

Brown dwarfs believed to be `failed stars,` by researchers, could have the ability to give birth to planets.

Blue planet where it rains glass discovered

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 09:10

For the first time, astronomers have identified the true colour of a planet beyond our solar system.

Novel technique boosts hunt for water on exoplanets

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 18:06

Astronomers have detected the tell-tale spectral fingerprint of water molecules in the atmosphere of a planet in orbit around another star.

Hidden identity of super-Earth unveiled

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 11:33

Astronomers have discovered a planet not much more than twice Earth`s diameter and a little less than eight times its mass, about 70 light-years from our world.

Trio of `super Earths` in a star`s habitable zone

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 09:45

Three "super Earth" planets have been found orbiting a nearby star at a distance where life in theory could exist.

Astronomers spot lightest exoplanet

Last Updated: Monday, June 3, 2013, 18:35

Astronomers may have discovered the lightest exoplanet ever seen, which appears just as a dot orbiting a young star.

World`s largest infrared telescope may be able to find ET

Last Updated: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 10:53

A team of astronomers, engineers, and physicists from the University of Hawaii, the University of Freiburg, and elsewhere has proposed a new and powerful technique to search for intelligent life.