Exoplanets

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Solar system planets

Recently discovered solar system could seed life between adjacent exoplanets

Apr 26, 2017

3-d illustration of a rocky planet with veins of magma

Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth

Mar 4, 2021

Sunrise From the International Space Station

UChicago scientists reveal new clues into how Earth got its oxygen

Innovative technique analyzes ancient rocks to understand role of iron

Oct 23, 2020

Extrasolar Planets

UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres

Researchers simulate thousands of worlds to see what happens to planets with hydrogen atmospheres

Jul 21, 2020

Illustration of Closeup of a planet's surface

NASA’s TESS, Spitzer missions discover a world orbiting a unique young star near us

Jun 24, 2020

Visualization of a blue planet half in shadow, with mass of clouds gathered over the bright side

NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers its first habitable planet, first world with two stars

Teams including UChicago scientists analyze Earth-size world and Tatooine-like planet

Jan 9, 2020

View of a star partially obscured by a large rocky planet with magma ocean

Why some planets eat their own skies

Dec 17, 2019

Artist illustration of large exoplanet with a star in the distance

The Hunt for Alien Life and Exoplanets, with David Charbonneau

Nov 18, 2019

Gemini Observatory

Nearly a decade in the making, exoplanet-hunting instrument installed in Hawaii

Oct 2, 2019

Kepler mission rendering

New exoplanet is smallest to be precisely measured

Jul 30, 2019

Exoplanet

Lecture to explore the hunt for other worlds, life on other planets

Mar 20, 2019