For centuries, planets beyond our solar system—called exoplanets—existed only in theory and science fiction. It seemed nearly impossible to detect planets light-years away, since the ...

The Exoplanet Lab is part of the NSF-funded WHIMC ... WHIMC uses Minecraft as a creative sandbox where kids can explore alternative versions of Earth allowing researchers to study how “What ...

A small NASA exoplanet probe now has a ride to Earth orbit. The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound (325-kilogram) satellite ...