exoplanets

Tech

Scientists Studied the Atmospheres of Earth-size Exoplanets For the First Time

07.20.16

By Kate Lunau
Tech

Watch this Brief History of the Search for an Earthlike Exoplanet

07.20.16

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

This 22-Year-Old Found Four New Planets, Including a ‘Warm Neptune’

05.30.16

By Kate Lunau
Tech

The Kepler Mission Has Found Another 1,284 Planets—The Biggest Haul Yet

05.10.16

By Kate Lunau
Tech

Three Potentially Habitable Planets Have Been Found in Our Cosmic Backyard

05.02.16

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

See Jupiter’s Northern Lights at the Height of a Solar Storm

03.22.16

By Victoria Turk
Tech

Astronomers Catch a Glimmer of Starlight from ‘Most Eccentric’ Exoplanet

03.19.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Check Out the Boiling Hellscape of Planet 55 Cancri E in this Video Rendering

02.17.16

By Rachel Pick
Tech

How NASA Saved the Kepler Telescope from the Brink of Death

01.12.16

By Amy Thompson
Tech

Nearly 2,000 Planets That Could Hold Water, Visualized

12.17.15

By Clinton Nguyen
Tech

The ‘Most Earthlike’ Planets We’ve Found So Far Are Not Very Earthlike

12.15.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

We Should Look for Orange Exoplanets Because That’s What Earth Used to Look Like

11.19.15

By Amy Thompson

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Music

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From Reverend Al Sharpton officiating, to a New Orleans-style procession, to a repast at a bowling alley, no one holds a fake funeral like Rick Rubin.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

3 Psych-Rock Albums That Sound Just as Good Today as They Did in Their Prime

These wildly underrated psych-rock albums still hold up decades later.

05.19.26

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

‘Uniboob’ Is an Actual Medical Condition. Here’s How It Happens.

Doctors call it “bread-loafing.” Make of that what you will.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

The 37% Rule Says This Is How Many People You Should Date Before Choosing One

Get enough experience to know what you actually want

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike
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Life

If You Feel Guilty All the Time, You Probably Have a High IQ. Here’s Why.

Of course Freud is involved.

05.19.26

By Ashley Fike