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NASA PlanetQuest News

Deja vu. Familiar-sounding discovery a major milestone. 4 Feb 2010 at 11:00pm  ESO scientists recently announced that they had recorded the first direct spectrum of light from an exoplanet using the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile. Read more... Deluge of discoveries. 2010 kicks off with a flurry of exoplanet news. 11 Jan 2010 at 10:00pm  Astronomers rang in 2010 with a flood of exoplanet announcements, kicking off what promises to be an exciting year for planet hunters. Read more... Not all planets are as friendly as ours 29 Oct 2009 at 9:00am  Check out the new PlanetQuest Historic Timeline. Read more... The big story 20 Oct 2009 at 9:00am  Check out the new PlanetQuest Historic Timeline. Read more... Exoplanet discovery count passes 400 20 Oct 2009 at 8:30am  European astronomers this week announced the discovery of 32 new worlds - including a handful of so-called "super Earths" - bringing the total exoplanet tally to over 400. Read more... Dust cloud may resemble our early solar system 15 Oct 2009 at 9:00am  The recently discovered two-tiered dust cloud orbiting the star 51 Ophiuchi is not just one of the most compact ever observed - it may be a snapshot of our own solar system's formative years. Read more... Doomed. Sweltering exoplanet may be at death's doorstep 10 Sep 2009 at 4:15am  Scientists have discovered plenty of planets that reside dangerously close to their host stars, but a recent find gives new meaning to 'living on the edge.' Read more... Built to last. Tiny star's giant planet a 'spare gas tank' 23 Jul 2009 at 4:00am  The discovery of a giant planet orbiting the tiny star VB10 made headlines earlier this year as the smallest star ever to be found harboring a planet. But Greg Laughlin, an astronomer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that the VB10 system could also be a glimpse into the very distant future of our own galaxy. Read more... Hot discoveries. Summer kicks off with a wave of exoplanet finds 5 Jul 2009 at 11:30pm  Hot off the heels of the Kepler mission's first images of the sky, the exoplanet world has been buzzing with new discoveries and tantalizing breakthroughs. Read more... Planet-hunting method succeeds at last 27 May 2009 at 7:30pm  A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known. Read more...

NASA PlanetQuest Resources

NASA PlanetQuest Planet Quest: the Search for Another Earth is a multimedia-rich news and information hub covering NASA's search for extrasolar planets. PlanetQuest (non-NASA site) The PlanetQuest Collaboratory will turn your computer (Mac, PC, Linux, and others) into a virtual astronomical observatory that you can use to make and share real scientific discoveries. You can classify stars no one has cataloged before, use the Collaboratory to do your own research, and maybe even find a new planet!