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Astronomers explore water-rich atmosphere of exoplanet GJ 9827 d
Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)
Published in 'Astrophysical Journal Letters', the study was led by Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, a Ph.D. candidate at the Universite de Montreal's Trottier Institu...
Europa Clipper will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support life
Oct 11, 2024 (SPX)
Nasa is doing just that: launching a spacecraft on October 10 to Europa, a moon of Jupiter holding twice the water of all Earth's oceans combined. Europa's ocea...
UT Astronomers Rush to Capture Image of Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
Oct 10, 2024 (SPX)
Now, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have made AF Lep b the lowest-mass planet with the smallest angular separation from its host star e...
UChicago scientists unveil efficient method for detecting atmospheres on distant planets
Oct 10, 2024 (SPX)
A new study led by Qiao Xue, a PhD student at the University of Chicago, introduces a simpler and more efficient method to determine if exoplanets have atmosphe...
How the Building Blocks of Life Arrived on Earth Through Primitive Asteroids
Oct 10, 2024 (SPX)
Volatiles are compounds or elements that easily transition into vapor at low temperatures, such as water and the six key elements found in living organisms. Thi...
Getting closer to understanding giant planet formation around M-dwarf stars
Oct 09, 2024 (SPX)
Lia Marta Bernabo, a PhD student in the Department of Extrasolar Planets and Atmospheres, is the lead author of the paper "Searching for GEMS: TOI-6383A b, a gi...
UTA physicists explore possibility of life beyond Earth
Oct 08, 2024 (SPX)
Stars fall into seven lettered categories according to their surface temperature. They also differ in other factors including mass, luminosity, and radius. F-ty...
Microbes discovered thriving in 2-billion-year-old South African rock
Oct 08, 2024 (SPX)
The research team, led by Yohey Suzuki, associate professor at the University of Tokyo, employed advanced techniques such as infrared spectroscopy, electron mic...
TESS spots record-breaking stellar triplets
Oct 04, 2024 (SPX)
The system contains a set of twin stars orbiting each other every 1.8 days, and a third star that circles the pair in just 25 days. The discovery smashes the re...
Small exoplanet discovered in 'our cosmic backyard'
Oct 01, 2024 (AFP)
The planet orbits Barnard's Star, which is just six light years away, according to observations made over five years by the Very Large Telescope in the Chilean ...
This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth - 8 billion years from now
Sep 27, 2024 (SPX)
This distant planetary system, identified by University of California, Berkeley, astronomers after observations with the Keck 10-meter telescope in Hawaii, look...
Exoplanet map reveals Neptunian Ridge separating planetary regions
Sep 26, 2024 (SPX)
The team, including researchers from Warwick and other institutions, focused on Neptunian exoplanets, which share similar features to Neptune but exist beyond o...
WASP-107b reveals new atmospheric features thanks to Webb Telescope
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
WASP-107b, a gas planet roughly the size of Jupiter but only one-tenth as massive, has intrigued astronomers for years. The recent observations with JWST have r...
Lab Findings Suggest Some Indicators of Life on Exoplanets May Be Misleading
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
Published in 'Astrophysical Journal Letters', the study demonstrates that organic sulfur compounds like dimethyl sulfide can form in the absence of life, which ...
Astronomers catch a glimpse of a uniquely inflated and asymmetric exoplanet
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
The findings are published in the journal Nature Astronomy. "This is the first time the east-west asymmetry of any exoplanet has ever been observed as it transi...
UTA physicists publish study on habitability of F-Type Star Systems
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
The paper, titled "Statistics and Habitability of F-type Star-Planet Systems", is published in the September 12 edition of The Astrophysical Journal Supplement ...
Astronomers identify new Neptunian Ridge between Exoplanet Desert and Savanna
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
Astronomers typically chart exoplanet systems by plotting planet radius against orbital periods. These plots reveal patterns, including the mysterious Neptunian...
Formation of super-Earths proven limited near metal-poor stars
Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)
Using the sun as a baseline, astronomers can measure when a star formed by determining its metallicity, or the level of heavy elements present within it. Metal-...
AI-Assisted Discovery Reveals How Microbial Proteins Adapt to Extreme Pressures
Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)
The research, now published in 'PRX Life', highlights the role AI can play in advancing scientific discovery by decades. "This work gives us a better idea of ho...
Trinity astrophysicist to study Exoplanet Weather
Sep 06, 2024 (SPX)
Her project, titled 'Exometeorology: Probing Extrasolar Atmospheres (Exo-PEA)', aims to investigate the complex atmospheres of extrasolar worlds. Over the last ...
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