Even now, 21 years later, it blows people’s minds. Swiss astronomer Michel Mayor spotted a wobble in a distant star and decided that the barely perceptible motion was being caused by the influence of ...

Steve Vogt with the Automated Planet Finder Telescope at Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton CA. A $600,000 gift from the Gloria and Kenneth Levy Foundation will help fund an integral part of the Automated ...

When the world is on your shoulders, it can be relaxing to remember that we’re just hairless monkeys hurtling through space on a big rock alongside a lot of other rocks. If you find yourself wondering ...

The Habitable Planet Finder, shown here at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at McDonald Observatory in Texas, is normally covered with a lid that maintains a vacuum seal. The two objects on the far end are ...

The Habitable Zone Planet Finder (HPF) allows precise measurement of a star's radial velocity, measured by the subtle change in the color of the star's spectra as it is tugged by an orbiting planet, ...

Planets capable of supporting life are in a star system not so far, far away, and astronomers will be able to study them closely with the Habitable Planet Finder, developed with help from a UC Irvine ...

A $600,000 gift from the Gloria and Kenneth Levy Foundation will help fund an integral part of the Automated Planet Finder now being built at the University of California’s Lick Observatory. The new ...