exoplanets

An interview by two science fiction authors about space travel, the accuracy of science in films and books, and life in the universe.

Scientists search for an Earthlike planet outside the Solar System, a so-called "Goldilocks" planet that is potentially just right for life.

A discussion about Gliese 581g and the "Goldilocks zone" where scientists look for life in the universe.

Discussion regarding the nature of dark matter and about a new planet recently discovered outside our solar system that might host life.

Detecting exoplanets by their gravitational effects on their host star, and more recently, by the light of the planet itself.