Astronomers Believe Earth-Like Planet May Exist in GJ 832 System
In a newly published study, researchers from the University of Texas reveal that an Earth-like planet may be lurking in the GJ 832 star system…
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Astronomers Reveal TRAPPIST-1 Planetary System is Older Than Our Solar System
Scientists now have a good estimate for the age of the TRAPPIST-1 system, revealing that it is up to twice as old as our own…
Hubble Detects an Ultrahot Gas-Giant Exoplanet with a Stratosphere
Using Hubble’s capabilities for spectroscopy, scientists have discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a planet outside our solar system. A stratosphere…
Proxima Centauri’s Radiation Would Wipe Out an Earth-Like Atmosphere on Proxima b
New research reveals that Proxima b (an Earth-size planet right outside our solar system in the habitable zone of its star) may not be able…
Astronomers Identify Major Challenges for the Development of Life in TRAPPIST-1 System
Two separate teams of researchers have identified major challenges for the development of life in the TRAPPIST-1 system. The red dwarf star in this system…
Closely Orbiting Stars May Make Planets Appear Smaller
New research reveals that two closely orbiting stars may appear in images as a single point of light, making planets appear less dense than previously…
Yale Astronomers Identify 60 New Hot Jupiter Candidates
A team of researchers from Yale University has identified 60 potential new “Hot Jupiters” — highly irradiated worlds that glow like coals on a barbecue…
Hubble Comparison of Two “Hot Jupiter” Exoplanets
Using the Hubble Space Telescope astronomers compare two seemingly similar “hot Jupiter” exoplanets, finding that WASP-67 b and HAT-P-38 b have very different atmospheres. Is…
Newly Discovered Exoplanet KELT-9b is Hotter than Most Stars
An international team of astronomers has discovered a planet like Jupiter zipping around its host star every day, boiling at temperatures hotter than most stars…
Astronomers Identify a Regular Pattern in the Orbits TRAPPIST-1 Planets
Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has identified a regular pattern in the orbits of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. This…
Hubble & Spitzer Reveal Primitive Atmosphere Around Planet HAT-P-26b
Using observations from the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, a team of astronomers reveals that the distant planet HAT-P-26b has a primitive atmosphere composed almost…
Astronomers Show Planetary Harmonies Save The TRAPPIST-1 System From Destruction
In a newly published study, astronomers describe the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system as being in something called a “resonant chain,” which strongly stabilizes the…
Astronomers Detect Atmosphere Around Super-Earth Planet GJ 1132b
Using ESO/MPG telescope in Chile, a team of astronomers has detected an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet for the first time. The planet, super-Earth planet…
SOFIA Confirms Nearby Epsilon Eridani System Is Remarkably Similar To Our Solar System
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers confirm that the nearby Epsilon Eridani system has an architecture remarkably similar to that…
Newly Discovered TRAPPIST-1 System Could Spread Life Between Adjacent Exoplanets
University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Sebastiaan Krijt asks the question: If a life form existed on one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, could space debris carry…
Astronomers Discover Earth-Mass ‘Iceball’ Planet OGLE-2016-BLG-1195Lb
By combining Spitzer and ground-based KMTNet microlensing observations, a team of astronomers has discovered a new planet with the mass of Earth. The planet, called…
Astronomers Detail the Newly Discovered and Potentially Habitable Super-Earth LHS 1140 b
Astronomers are moving to the next phase of studying alien worlds – searching for signs of life on planets outside our Solar System. And the…
Cassini Mission & Hubble Telescope Provide New Insights into ‘Ocean Worlds’
NASA’s Cassini Mission and Hubble Space Telescope are providing new details about ocean-bearing moons of Jupiter and Saturn, increasing the scientific interest of these and…