Search by tag: « Exoplanet hunter »

4 articles found

How NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory will search exoplanets for signs of alien life

Robert Lea

08/09/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com

How Nasa's Habitable Worlds Observatory Will Search Exoplanets For Signs Of Alien Life

Planning is well underway for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, a telescope project that will hunt for telltale signs of life in the atmospheres of planets outside the solar system.

NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots warm Jupiter with longest known year

Sharmila Kuthunur

31/08/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com

Nasa's Exoplanet Hunter Tess Spots Warm Jupiter With Longest Known Year

Astronomers using NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite have found a "warm" Jupiter with the longest period ever seen with an alien world.

Metal clouds turn scorching hot exoplanet into the universe's largest mirror

Robert Lea

11/07/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com

Metal Clouds Turn Scorching Hot Exoplanet Into The Universe's Largest Mirror

The CHEOPS exoplanet hunter has found a distant world so hot that it has clouds of metal making it the most reflective planet ever seen.

James Webb Space Telescope finds water in super-hot exoplanet's atmosphere

Tereza Pultarova

01/06/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope Finds Water In Super-Hot Exoplanet's Atmosphere

The James Webb Space Telescope spotted water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-18 b, which reaches nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,700 degrees Celsius).

1