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Pascal Lee Awarded the 2023 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization

02/11/2023 Reading 3 min

Source de l'article : SETI Institute

Pascal Lee Awarded The 2023 Carl Sagan Prize For Science Popularization

November 2, 2023, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute is delighted to announce that Dr. Pascal Lee will be honored with the 2023 Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization presented by Wonderfest. The prestigious Sagan Prize recognizes and encourages individuals who “have contributed wonderfully to the public understanding and appreciation of science.” Previous recipients from the SETI Institute include SETI Institute co-founder and SETI pioneer Jill Tarter, senior astronomer Seth Shostak a…

Friendless 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets may not be so lonely after all

Sharmila Kuthunur

14/06/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com

Friendless 'Hot Jupiter' Exoplanets May Not Be So Lonely After All

How hot Jupiters form and evolve is one of the oldest questions in exoplanet research.

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.

The Case For Alien Life Elevated By The Exciting First-Ever Confirmation of Two Exoplanet Water Worlds

Christopher Plain

16/12/2022 Reading 8 min

Source de l'article : The Debrief

The Case For Alien Life Elevated By The Exciting First-Ever Confirmation Of Two Exoplanet Water Worlds

University of Montreal (UdeM) researchers have found the first confirmed exoplanets categorized as water worlds.

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