Extrasolar Planets

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

Radio Programs

Kepler III Two ways to find planets Saturday, August 27, 2011
Kepler II Winnowing a list of possible planets Friday, August 26, 2011
Kepler I Watching for some stars to blink Thursday, August 25, 2011
Moon and Jupiter Young, vigorous star systems Friday, August 19, 2011
Moon and Saturn "Listening" for distant worlds Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Proxima Centauri Planets? Filling in the details on our closest neighbor Friday, May 27, 2011
Gliese 179 An unexpectedly big planet Thursday, May 26, 2011
Red Dwarf Planets Looking for close planets around close stars Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Kepler 11 A star with a big family of planets Friday, April 22, 2011
Basket O' Planets A basketful of planets Thursday, April 21, 2011
Moon and Antares An unlikely abode for life Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Denebola Shining through the moonlight Friday, March 18, 2011
Shortest Year Birthdays by the basketful Sunday, March 13, 2011
Dubhe Skies as different from ours as night and day Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Interesting Planets Interesting worlds in other star systems Friday, February 11, 2011
Beta Pictoris A speck of light with a difference Thursday, February 10, 2011
Upsilon Andromedae An out-of-whack solar system Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Defining Planets An uncertain count of planets Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Counting Planets II Keeping score in the search for planets Thursday, January 20, 2011
Counting Planets Adding to the planetary census Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Featured Images

Artist's concept of a free-floating planet in the Milky Way galaxy
 Free Agent Thursday, May 19, 2011
Artist's concept of TW Hydra, a young star encircled by a disk of gas and dust
 Messy Youngster Monday, April 25, 2011
Artist's concept of the planetary system Kepler 11
 Close Family Friday, April 22, 2011
Newly forming planetary system around Beta Pictoris
 Messy Star System Thursday, February 10, 2011
Earth is in the middle of the Sun's habitable zone
 In the Zone Tuesday, January 18, 2011

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