Detecting exoplanets is one thing, but imaging them is another thing entirely. Astronomers can detect them by the way they ...

Immigration is a hotly-debated topic around the world, but it turns out that our Solar System is far more welcoming than some of the countries … ...

Kepler-62f, on the other hand, is located farther out in the exo-solar system than planet 'e.' The gravitational perturbation from the star and inner planets would not be as strong in the outer ...

But he says that charaterizing exo-earths by imaging or spectroscopy will be a challenge in systems that have more than about ten times as much dust as our solar system.

These extra-solar planets were seen to pass in front of, or transit, their host star. Studying such planets outside of our Solar System allows scientists to investigate how planetary systems form.

8.9K. While the Kepler Space Telescope mission officially came to an end on 30 October 2018, starlight data recorded by the observatory continues to reveal new and intriguing exo-solar system objects.

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What observers don’t see are solar system configurations like our own: ... They’re barely good for finding true exo-Earths in 300-plus-day orbits.

Researchers uncover key clues about the solar system's history New clues lead to a better understanding of the evolution of the solar system and the origin of Earth as a habitable planet ...

By the time it entered our solar system in 1995 or so, it had lost half its original mass, ... “That puts a lot of pressure on the galaxy to manufacture exo-Plutos,” Dr. Laughlin said.

Illustration of solar wind flowing over asteroids in the early solar system. The magnetic field of the solar wind (white line/arrows) magnetizes the asteroid (red arrow).