Search by tag: « Planet »

12 articles found

'Huge deal': Lead scientist explains new exoplanet discovery

13/09/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : CNN
'Huge Deal': Lead Scientist Explains New Exoplanet Discovery
A planet 120 light-years away from Earth appears to have chemicals that could indicate the presence of life. Lead author professor Nikku Madhusudhan from the University of Cambridge joins CNN to explain the study.
Author professor Nikku Madhusudhan CNN Exoplanet discovery Scientist University of Cambridge deal
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
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.
Coronagraph Exoplanet hunter HWO NASA TESS life
See the Great Square of Pegasus trot through the night sky this month
Brett Tingley

07/09/2023 Reading 3 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
See The Great Square Of Pegasus Trot Through The Night Sky This Month
Look to the east in the evenings throughout September to find the Great Square of Pegasus, a group of four stars of roughly equal brightness, as it climbs higher in the night sky.
Asterism Exoplanet Great Square Pegasi Pegasus night sky
Star blows giant exoplanet's atmosphere away
Robert Lea

05/09/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Star Blows Giant Exoplanet's Atmosphere Away
A hot Jupiter exoplanet is blowing its top like a cartoon character throwing a tantrum, creating a tail of gas that is the largest planetary structure seen outside the solar system.
Atmosphere Exoplanet Hat-p-32 Jupiter parent star 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.
Exoplanet hunter TESS TOI-4600 TOI-4600c star system
Scorching Neptune-size world is way too massive for astronomers to explain
Charles Q. Choi

30/08/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Scorching Neptune-Size World Is Way Too Massive For Astronomers To Explain
Astronomers have unexpectedly discovered the heaviest Neptune-like planet yet — one four times more massive than our solar system's Neptune.
Earth Exoplanet Luca Naponiello Neptune TOI-2196
Bizarre super-puffy exoplanet hosts rare 'thermometer molecule'
Robert Lea

29/08/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Bizarre Super-Puffy Exoplanet Hosts Rare 'Thermometer Molecule'
A rare temperature-sensitive molecule usually found in stars has been discovered in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time, a marshmallow-like hot Jupiter called WASP-31b.
Chromium hydride Exoplanet Laura Flagg WASP -17 atmosphere team
Record-breaking 'failed' star orbiting stellar corpse is 3
Tereza Pultarova

15/08/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Record-Breaking 'Failed' Star Orbiting Stellar Corpse Is 3
Astronomers have discovered a failed star that can't sustain nuclear fusion in its core, but is 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the sun.
Dwarf James Webb Space Jupiter Named WD 0032-317 exoplanet sun
Exoplanets in the Trappist-1 system more likely to be habitable than scientists once thought
Tereza Pultarova

11/08/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Exoplanets In The Trappist-1 System More Likely To Be Habitable Than Scientists Once Thought
Exoplanets in the habitable zone of the Trappist-1 star, some 40 light-years away from Earth, are more likely to have liquid water than researchers previously thought, according to a new study.
Atmosphere Franck Selsis Trappist-1 life planet water
Stunning time-lapse video captures 17-year journey of exoplanet around its star
Robert Lea

10/08/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Stunning Time-Lapse Video Captures 17-Year Journey Of Exoplanet Around Its Star
An incredible time-lapse video tracks the 17-year journey of a distant and massive exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b, around its parent star between 2003 and 2020.
Beta Pictoris Exoplanet Footage Jason Wang Parent star orbit
The powerful winds of super magnetic stars could destroy the possibility for life on their exoplanets
Robert Lea

09/08/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
The Powerful Winds Of Super Magnetic Stars Could Destroy The Possibility For Life On Their Exoplanets
Cool stars with powerful magnetic fields could have remarkably fast stellar winds that strip away their planets' atmospheres, making even "habitable zone" worlds less friendly to life.
M-type exoplanet life star sun wind