Astronomers take pictures of exoplanets

Last Updated: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 18:58

By using a small telescope, astronomers took a picture of three small planets orbiting a star outside the Solar System.

Astronomers found nine new planets

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 12:51

Astronomers have discovered nine new planets—a feat that challenges the reigning theory of the formation of planets. Two of the newly discovered planets are orbiting in the opposite direction to the rotation of their host star.

Five exoplanets identified by Kepler space telescope: NASA

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 21:00

Five new exoplanets -- earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars -- have been discovered by NASA scientists.

Earth-sized moons may orbit around ``hot Jupiters``

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 10:27

In a new study, scientists have determined that giant gas planets like Jupiter, which orbit close to their parent star, could harbour moons the size of Earth.