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Robert Lea

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Good news for the alien life hunt
Robert Lea

10/07/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Good News For The Alien Life Hunt
Finding liquid water on exoplanets is 100 times more probable than previously thought, boosting the odds of alien life significantly, a new study suggests.
10 Rutgers University Water exoplanet life system
Cosmic 'sandwich' theory could explain how smaller planets are formed
Robert Lea

05/07/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Cosmic 'Sandwich' Theory Could Explain How Smaller Planets Are Formed
Do you want that toasted? A newly suggested planet formation process suggests smaller worlds could be created when a gas and dust filling is squeezed between two larger planets.
Exoplanet Meru disk dust gas planets
Key ingredient for life found in star-birthing cloud just 1
Robert Lea

03/07/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Key Ingredient For Life Found In Star-Birthing Cloud Just 1
Astronomers have discovered high amounts of tryptophan, an amino acid key in the formation of life, in a nearby star-forming region of space called the Perseus Molecular Complex.
IC348 Susana Iglesias-groth Tryptophan gas life molecule
Mysterious flare a trillion times brighter than our sun could be a 'disc inferno' ripping a baby planet apart
Robert Lea

21/06/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Mysterious Flare A Trillion Times Brighter Than Our Sun Could Be A 'Disc Inferno' Ripping A Baby Planet Apart
Astronomers have discovered what may be behind a mysterious stellar flare that has been raging for 85 years, finding it could be caused by the destruction of a super-Jupiter planet.
FU Flare Ori Sergei Nayakshin Super-Jupiter planet disk star
Viral YouTube video explains NASA's search for alien life
Robert Lea

16/06/2023 Reading 7 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Viral Youtube Video Explains Nasa's Search For Alien Life
A new viral video by a NASA astrobiologist explains the space agency's efforts to find out whether we are alone in the universe.
Astrobiologist Earth Heather Graham Life NASA Planet
Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized rock
Robert Lea

14/06/2023 Reading 7 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Ultra-Hot Exoplanet Has An Atmosphere Of Vaporized Rock
Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains from the sky to determine the other chemical elements that comprise its blistering atmosphere.
Atmosphere Exoplanet WASP-76 giant star team
New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet has a weird orbit and another planet may be to blame
Robert Lea

14/06/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
New 'Warm Jupiter' Exoplanet Has A Weird Orbit And Another Planet May Be To Blame
Astronomers have used NASA's TESS telescope to discover a new 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet with a strange orbit.
Exoplanet Jupiter Orbit TOI-1859 star team
4 elusive 'mini-Neptune' exoplanets discovered in a cosmic game of hide-and-seek
Robert Lea

14/06/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
4 Elusive 'Mini-Neptune' Exoplanets Discovered In A Cosmic Game Of Hide-And-Seek
Astronomers spotted four elusive mini-Neptune planets with the exoplanet-hunting telescope CHEOPS.
CHEOPS Earth Exoplanet-hunting telescope Mini-Neptune University of Geneva exoplanets
Radiation belt seen beyond our solar system for the 1st time
Robert Lea

17/05/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Radiation Belt Seen Beyond Our Solar System For The 1st Time
The radiation belt around the ultracool dwarf star, located around 19 light-years from Earth, is doubled-lobed like the radiation belts around Jupiter — but it's 10 million times brighter.
J1835 Magnetosphere Van Allen belt radiation system
James Webb Space Telescope studies mysterious exoplanet with a possible watery past
Robert Lea

12/05/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
James Webb Space Telescope Studies Mysterious Exoplanet With A Possible Watery Past
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a closer look at a mysterious "mini-Neptune" that is like nothing found in the solar system and may have had a watery past.
10 Eliza Kempton Exoplanet GJ 1214 JWST night side
2 'super-Earth' exoplanets spotted in habitable zone of nearby star
Robert Lea

12/05/2023 Reading 3 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
2 'Super-Earth' Exoplanets Spotted In Habitable Zone Of Nearby Star
NASA's TESS spacecraft spotted two super-Earth planets as they crossed the face of their star within its 'habitable zone.'
Dwarf Twitter exoplanet planets star zone
Hubble telescope spies 'peek-a-boo' exoplanets amid star's tilted dust rings
Robert Lea

10/05/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Hubble Telescope Spies 'Peek-A-Boo' Exoplanets Amid Star's Tilted Dust Rings
Astronomers are watching a shadow sweep across the face of a vast disc of planet-birthing gas and dust surrounding the star TW Hydrae.
Disk Hydrae disk Hydrea John TW astronomer shadow system