A new catalog of exoplanet discoveries by NASA's Kepler space telescope has revealed two distinct size groups of small alien worlds, a finding that likely will have a huge impact on the search for extraterrestrial life. (science.howstuffworks.com)
Recent exoplanet discoveries suggest that their dream will come true in the not - too - distant future (scientificamerican.com)
Second, together with our international partners, NSF provides the tools that astronomers need to make precision measurements of planetary systems; the newly inaugurated Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA) can study planets in the act of formation, while the Gemini Observatory is poised for new exoplanet discoveries with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) that will be commissioned in the next year. (spaceref.com)