Let’s Talk About Those Seven Planets Around TRAPPIST-1Alex Chavers·Sci + Tech·February 22, 2017NASA always drops big news, but today was special. Seven Earth-sized exoplanets around a single star. Located 40 light-years away... Read More
55 Cancri e Gets a Temperature Map And It’s a ScorcherAlex Chavers·Sci + Tech·January 9, 2017For 80 hours, NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope kept close tabs on 55 Cancri e. Because the planet orbits extremely close... Read More
That’s No Alien Megastructure. It’s a Comet Swarm (Probably)Alex Chavers·Sci + Tech·January 9, 2017KIC 8462852 was all the rave recently when researchers speculated that the star’s mysterious dimming could be because of alien... Read More
