Ever since a mechanical failure caused the end of the original Kepler mission in 2013, the Kepler spacecraft has been conducting a survey...

Let’s deal with the big question first. Has Planet Hunters discovered aliens? The answer is no. But that doesn’t mean that all of the...

It’s up! The first science data from the new Kepler K2 mission is up on Planet Hunters just waiting to be looked at for new planets,...

By Zak Kaplan (Yale undergrad) Planet Hunters has just completed its first analysis of the Kepler data! With your classifications, we...

Thanks very much for your help with this project. At last count, roughly 50,000 light curves had been sorted at planethunters.org. Many...

Greetings from Kevin Schawinski and Meg Schwamb, postdoctoral fellows at Yale and members of the Science Team. Wow, we’ve been blown away...

Hi, I’m Meg Schwamb a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University and member of the Planet Hunters Team. Welcome to Planet Hunters! We’ve been...