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Don’t Expect Aliens Anytime Soon
Tim McMillan

11/06/2024 Reading 9 min

Source de l'article : The Debrief
Don’T Expect Aliens Anytime Soon
Insights from NASA scientists reveal why even with James Webb the quest to find alien life remains challenging and elusive.
Madhusudhan Exoplanet GJ 486 K2-18b Webb life
Possible hints of life found on distant planet – how excited should we be?
Ian Whittaker

25/09/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Possible Hints Of Life Found On Distant Planet – How Excited Should We Be?
The exoplanet K2-18b might host a water ocean.
Exoplanet JWST K2-18b STScI life star
Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans
Robert Lea

11/09/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Exoplanet's Surface May Be Covered In Oceans
The so-called Hycean planet K2–18 b is around twice the size of Earth and orbits in the habitable zone of a star located 120 light-years from our solar system.
Exoplanet K2-18 b. K2-18 TRAPPIST-1 University of Cambridge atmosphere life
NASA's Kepler telescope discovered 2 mini-Neptune exoplanets just before dying
Sharmila Kuthunur

01/06/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Nasa's Kepler Telescope Discovered 2 Mini-Neptune Exoplanets Just Before Dying
Astronomers discovered two mini-Neptunes and a third potential exoplanet in the final data sent home by NASA's Kepler space telescope just before it was decommissioned in late 2018.
10 Andrew Vanderburg K2 Kepler exoplanet team