The first discovery made by NASA’s TESS mission marks the start of understanding such planetary systems
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A Third Planet in the Kepler-47 Circumbinary System
SDSU Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kepler-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds.
First Evidence Discovered of a Gigantic Remnant Around an Exploding Star
A San Diego State University astrophysicist has helped discover evidence of a gigantic remnant surrounding an exploding star—a shell of material so huge, it must have been erupting on a regular basis for millions of years.
New Planet Is Largest Discovered That Orbits Two Suns
a team led by astronomers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and San Diego State University used the Kepler Space Telescope to identify the new planet, Kepler-1647 b.
Astronomers Discover Two Habitable Zone “Super Earths”
A team of astronomers announced the discovery of a five-planet system with two super-Earth-sized planets in the “habitable zone.”
Tenth Transiting “Tatooine”
Astronomers at the 29th International Astronomical Union General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii will announce on August 14 the discovery of a new transiting “circumbinary” planet, […]
Astronomer Wins “Surprise” Breakthrough Award
SDSU’s Robert Quimby received a share of a $3 million prize for his work on an investigation into the expansion of the universe. By Michael Price […]