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Planetary Systems

Other Solar Systems: Flatter Than Pancakes but Thicker Than Crepes

Julia Fang | Posted 01.13.2013 | Science
Read More: Stars, Nasa, Planets, Kepler Spacecraft, Astronomy, Space Exploration, Solar System Shape, Kepler, Solar System, Solar System Size, Planetary Systems, Science News
Julia Fang

The best visualization for the flatness of planetary systems is that they are somewhere in between that of a pancake and that of a crepe. Gives food for thought next time you eat at your local IHOP.

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LOOK: First Photo Of Auroras On Uranus

| Sid Perkins | Posted 04.14.2012 | Science
Read More: Magnetic Field, Planetary Science, Planets, Video, Hubble Telescope, Space Exploration, Space, Uranus, Solar System, Planetary Systems, Aurora, Science News

WASHINGTON – For the first time, scientists have captured images of auroras above the giant ice planet Uranus, finding further evidence of just how ...

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Are We Alone?

George Smoot III | Posted 03.05.2012 | Science
Read More: Earth-Like Planets, Life in Space, Extraterrestrials, Planetary Systems, Milky Way, Extrasolar, Kepler Satellite, Science News
George Smoot III

We are in the midst of one of the most interesting and challenging science research programs that humans have ever pursued. It is good to keep this in mind when the everyday crises of human affairs seem so overwhelming.

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Slouching To The Right Of The Drake Equation

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 02.05.2012 | Technology
Read More: Habitable Zone, Astrophysics, Second-Life-Sample, Astrobiology, Kepler 22b, Earth-Like Planets, Exoplanets, Planetary Systems, Extraterrestrial Life, NASA Kepler, Technology News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

The last few years have been heady for planet hunters. First the hot Jupiters; then the will-o'-the-wisp Glieslings and their cousins; and the results from the Kepler mission, one of which is Kepler-22b.

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First Planet Orbiting Two Stars Discovered by the NASA Kepler Spacecraft

SETI Institute | Posted 11.15.2011 | Technology
Read More: SETI Institute, Tatooine, Stars, Planets, Nasa, Astronomy, Kepler, Planetary Systems, Star Wars, Discovery, Kepler-16, Technology News
SETI Institute

By Dr. Laurance Doyle, an astrophysicist at the SETI Institute, and lead author of a paper that will appear in the journal Science on September 15, 2...

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