Webb Space Telescope Shocks Astronomers With Surprising Exoplanet Atmospheric Composition
Gas giants orbiting our sun show a clear pattern; the more massive the planet, the lower the percentage of “heavy” elements (anything other than hydrogen…
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NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Unveils the Sizzling Secrets of a Distant Rocky Exoplanet
The amount of infrared light coming from TRAPPIST-1 b suggests that the planet is devoid of any significant atmosphere. Acting as a giant touch-free thermometer,…
Planets Beyond Our Solar System: What Do Exoplanets Look Like?
Imagine a gaseous exoplanet five times the size of Jupiter but much closer to its star as Mercury is to our Sun. This planet orbits…
Hunting Venus 2.0: Scientists Zero In on 5 Planets Beyond Our Solar System
Study Narrows James Webb Space Telescope Targets With the first paper compiling all known information about planets like Venus beyond our solar system, scientists are…
Alien Sandstorms: NASA’s Webb Unravels the Mysteries of Planet VHS 1256 b’s Silicate Clouds
Weather report: Expect scattered, patchy clouds made up of silicates on planet VHS 1256 b. Ever had hot sand whip across your face? That’s a…
Astronomers Say “Terminator Zones” on Distant Planets Could Harbor Extraterrestrial Life
These in-between regions could be prime sites for liquid water. In a new study, University of California, Irvine (UCI) astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has…
Astronomers Show There Are Four Classes of Planetary Systems
Astronomers have long been aware that planetary systems are not necessarily structured like our solar system. Researchers from the Universities of Bern and Geneva, as…
Astronomers Discover Bizarre “Forbidden” Planet That Should Not Exist
“Forbidden” Planet Orbiting Small Star Challenges Gas Giant Formation Theories Based on our current understanding of planet formation, TOI-5205b should not exist; it is a…
Unlocking the Mystery of Super-Earths: Caltech Scientists Unveil a New Unified Theory
Scientists have revealed a unified theory for the formation of rocky planets. A new theory of rocky planet formation may shed light on the origin…
Astronomers Discover Earth-Size Planet – Promising Target in the Search for Alien Life
Astronomers find rare Earth-mass rocky planet suitable for the search for signs of life. A newly discovered exoplanet could be worth searching for signs of…
A Doomed World: Astronomers Discover an Exoplanet Spiraling Toward Its Destruction
The impending demise of Kepler-1658b as it orbits its aging star offers an opportunity for scientists to gain insight into the fate of other planets…
Webb Space Telescope Reveals Dusty Leftovers of Planet Formation Like Never Seen Before
Results will aid in future searches for giant planets in wide orbits Not so very far away in cosmic terms, the dusty leftovers of planet…
A New Frontier: NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Confirms Existence of Earth-Sized Rocky Exoplanet!
The planet is rocky and almost precisely the same size as Earth, but whips around its star in only two days. Researchers using NASA’s James…
NASA Planet Hunter Discovers Second Habitable, Earth-Size World in TOI 700 System
The newly discovered planet and its Earth-size sibling are both in the habitable zone, where liquid water could potentially exist on their surfaces. Using data…
New Model Explains Two Puzzling Planetary Mysteries
A new model explains the rarity of planets with masses that fall between super-Earths and mini-Neptunes. A new model that takes into account the various…
Two Potentially Habitable Earth-Like Planets Discovered Around a Star Near the Sun
An international scientific team led by researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered the presence of two planets with Earth-like masses…
NASA Discovers Pair of Super-Earths With 1,000-Mile-Deep Oceans
NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer Find Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water In the 1995 post-apocalyptic action film “Waterworld” Earth’s polar ice caps have completely melted,…
Alien Planet Discovered Spiraling to Ultimate Obliteration Around an Aging Star
The condemned planet could help answer questions about the fate of other worlds as their solar systems evolve. An incredible discovery has been made by…
