The discovery of exoplanets, planets outside of our solar system, has altered our perception of the universe and our role in it. Because they are small, dark, and under the strong light of their much ...
It was one of humanity’s greater vanities that we ever questioned whether there are any planets in the universe beyond the eight in our little solar system. Our sun is a perfectly ordinary star, ...
As of April, scientists have catalogued 453 exoplanets–that is, planets outside of our solar system. Of course, many of these planets could never support life as we know it. But as the science of ...