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WASP-69b has comet-like tail that's very long
Jan 10, 2024 (SPX)
Named WASP-69b, scientists have studied this Jupiter-sized planet in the past, focusing on its escaping atmosphere and observing only a small trail of helium ga...
Unlocking the secrets of a hot Saturn and its spotted star
Jan 10, 2024 (SPX)
Their findings, published last month in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, paint a complete picture of the HAT-P-18 b's atmosphere w...
Three iron rings in a planet-forming disk
Jan 09, 2024 (SPX)
The origin of Earth and the Solar System inspires scientists and the public alike. By studying the present state of our home planet and other objects in the Sol...
Astronomers Discover Early Ring and Spiral Structures in Young Planetary Disks
Jan 09, 2024 (SPX)
The team, utilizing the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's (NRAO) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), captured groundbreaking images of Cla...
COSMIC: The SETI Institute is unlocking the mysteries of the universe with breakthrough technology at the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
Jan 09, 2024 (SPX)
What sets COSMIC apart is its adaptability to the future. The system is designed for future upgrades, ensuring it remains at the forefront of cosmic exploration...
Hubble observes a changing exoplanet atmosphere
Jan 08, 2024 (ESA)
Observing exoplanets - planets beyond our Solar System - is challenging, because of both their distance from Earth and the fact that they mostly orbit stars tha...
Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology?
Jan 03, 2024 (SPX)
In a new study published in Nature Astronomy, Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester and t...
Scientists discover new way to identify liquid water on exoplanets
Jan 01, 2024 (SPX)
An international team of researchers from the University of Birmingham (UK), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (US) and elsewhere, have shown that...
A carbon-lite atmosphere could be a sign of water and life on other terrestrial planets
Jan 01, 2024 (SPX)
The researchers propose that if a terrestrial planet has substantially less carbon dioxide in its atmosphere compared to other planets in the same system, it co...
Astrophysicists publish Kepler Giant Planet Search, an aid to 'figure out where to find life'
Dec 21, 2023 (SPX)
Forthcoming in the Astrophysical Journal, the Kepler Giant Planet Search took a decade to complete. "This catalog is the first of its kind and an unprecedented ...
Research unveils atmospheric dynamics of runaway greenhouse effect
Dec 19, 2023 (SPX)
Guillaume Chaverot, a former postdoctoral scholar at the UNIGE Faculty of Science, and the main author of the study, elucidates, "A global average temperature r...
NASA Study Finds Life-Sparking Energy Source and Molecule at Enceladus
Dec 15, 2023 (JPL)
The researchers also uncovered evidence that the ocean, which is hiding below the moon's icy outer shell and supplies the plume, holds a powerful source of chem...
Earth may have had all the elements needed for life within it all along
Dec 15, 2023 (SPX)
But new research published by our team in Science Advances suggests that many of these elements, called volatiles, may have existed in the Earth from the beginn...
Some Icy Exoplanets May Have Habitable Oceans and Geysers
Dec 14, 2023 (JPL)
The search for life elsewhere in the Universe typically focuses on exoplanets that are in a star's "habitable zone," a distance where temperatures allow liquid ...
NEOWISE space telescope marks 10 Years on orbit as End of Mission looms
Dec 14, 2023 (JPL)
But all good things must come to an end: Solar activity is causing NEOWISE - short for Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer - to fall out of or...
NASA's Webb identifies tiniest free-floating brown dwarf
Dec 14, 2023 (SPX)
Brown dwarfs are objects that straddle the dividing line between stars and planets. They form like stars, growing dense enough to collapse under their own gravi...
Seeing and Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet Images
Dec 13, 2023 (SPX)
The young, bright star, some 63 light-years distant and visible to the naked eye, all but overwhelmed the faint light of the planet. When astronomers, using a E...
14-inch spacecraft delivers new details about 'hot Jupiters'
Dec 13, 2023 (SPX)
The observations are the first results to come from a hard-working NASA spacecraft known as the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE). Kevin France, pr...
Researchers Develop Advanced Algorithm Pandora for Exomoon Hunt
Dec 08, 2023 (SPX)
In our own Solar System, it's a common occurrence for planets to be accompanied by one or more moons. With the exception of Mercury and Venus, all other planets...
Ice's crucial role in planet and comet formation mapped by Webb
Dec 07, 2023 (SPX)
Ice is a fundamental component in the process of planetary and cometary formation. It acts as a binding agent for solid dust particles, facilitating their aggre...
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