Nine Earth-like planets
There are nine Earth-like planets detectable in the Kepler data set… better get searching!
A super-precise super-Earth: measuring a planet’s radius to within 120 km
Kepler-93b is a super-Earth with a radius of 1.481 Earth radii, plus or minus Long Island.
Exomoons disguised as aliens
Exoplanets with moons could mimic alien life-signs.
Can planets and stars spin in unison?
The orbits of some recently discovered exoplanets seem to be synchronised with the rotation of their host stars. Can this mystery be explained?
Measuring exoplanet mass the hard way
A simple and elegant (but hard) alternative method for measuring exoplanet masses.