Extrasolar Planets

A planet that orbits around a star other than the Sun.

Resources

Facts and Figures The biggest, farthest and fastest in the...
Finding Earth-Like Planets Astronomers have discovered far more planets...
Exoplanets As the list of known planets beyond the solar...

Featured Images

Artist's depiction of planet orbiting Alpha Centauri B
 Close Neighbor Sunday, April 21, 2013
Infrared image of the star Fomalhaut (center) and surround debris ring
 Messy Building Zone Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Artist's concept of the Gamma Cephei star system
 Stellar Geometry Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Radio Programs

Alpha Centauri Planet A nearby planetary neighbor Sunday, April 21, 2013
Tau Boötis Keeping an eye on a star with a planet Sunday, April 7, 2013
Pulsar Planets Reborn from a violent demise Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Planetary Debris Rocky evidence of planetary systems Monday, March 11, 2013
In the Zone Comfortable worlds around feeble stars Sunday, March 10, 2013
Lots of Planets Strength of discovery in numbers Saturday, March 9, 2013
Four Suns A world with four suns in the sky Friday, March 8, 2013
Planet Hunters Hunting for leftover planets Thursday, March 7, 2013
Side Jobs A space telescope gets some extra jobs Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Hot Planet The glow of a small but hot planet Thursday, January 24, 2013
Moon and Jupiter Tiny planets around a tiny star Sunday, March 25, 2012
Bigger Diamonds Real astronomical “sparklers” Friday, January 11, 2013
Sweet Discovery A “sweet” discovery at a distant star Wednesday, November 14, 2012
White-Dwarf Planets II Dead stars consume dead planets Wednesday, October 17, 2012
White-Dwarf Planets Close planets around dead stars Tuesday, October 16, 2012
More Fomalhaut Cometary chaos around a young star Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Fomalhaut The lonely “Autumn Star” Monday, September 17, 2012
Hot Jupiters Clearing out a star system Saturday, September 15, 2012
Gamma Cephei IV Getting messy for science Wednesday, September 5, 2012

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