3d render of unreal Trappist-1 exoplanets system getty Astronomers have discovered multiple planets orbiting the brightest star yet. Seemingly unchanged for a billion years, the six planets around a sun-like star are all between the size of Earth and Neptune. However, the strangest aspect of the HD110067 star system is that the planets orbit in …
Mercury in color, from data collected by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Scientists studying Mercury have discovered evidence for the existence of glaciers in the planet’s polar regions and suggested they could sustain life. “This groundbreaking discovery of Mercurian glaciers extends our comprehension of the environmental parameters that …
This is an artist’s concept of the nearby exoplanet, LTT 1445Ac, which is the size of Earth. NASA, ESA, L. Hustak (STScI) Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have measured an exoplanet and found it to be almost exactly the same size as Earth. However, despite it being Earth-sized, with a rocky surface and nearly …
Artist impression of WASP-107b and its parent star Illustration: LUCA School of Arts, Belgium/ Klaas Verpoest (visuals), Johan Van Looveren (typography). Science: Achrène Dyrek (CEA and Université Paris Cité, France), Michiel Min (SRON, the Netherlands), Leen Decin (KU Leuven, Belgium) / European MIRI EXO GTO team / ESA / NASA Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb …
Did comets deliver the building blocks of life to Earth? If so, could they done so to other planets … [+] in the galaxy? getty A new study has revealed a way that comets and asteroids may spread the essentials for life around the galaxy. A longstanding theory exists has all of Earth’s water being …
Artist’s concept showing two of the seven planets discovered orbiting a Sun-like star. The system, … [+] called Kepler-385, was identified using data from NASA’s Kepler mission. NASA/Daniel Rutter Exoplanet-hunters have found a rare star system containing seven planets after poring through data from a space telescope that stopped working in 2018. Exoplanets are planets …
This artist’s concept shows what the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system may look like. NASA/JPL-Caltech TRAPPIST-1 fascinates planetary scientists. Just 39 light-years from us exist seven planets orbiting a star. It’s not an exact match for our solar system—the host star is a red dwarf, a star much cooler than the sun—but all of the seven planets …
There are 11,000 Earth-like exoplanets around sun-like stars within 326 light-years, according to a … [+] scientist. getty There could be 11,000 Earth-like exoplanets around sun-like stars within 326 light-years, according to a scientist. The mathematical study, which could help astronomers and astrobiologists in the hunt for life, also claims that life could exist on …
Artist’s impression of 55 Cancri e Wikipedia Exoplanet researchers dedicate countless hours to discovering habitable solar systems and planets. However, most of the planets in our galaxy are inhospitable, and some are incredibly strange. One prime example is 55 Cancri e, an extraordinary super Earth that completes an orbit around its red dwarf star in …
In the artistic concept of the PDS 70 disk, JWST observations have detected water in the inner disk, where normally terrestrial planets form. Two gas giant planets have carved a wide gap in the gas and dust disk during their growth. MPIA A recent discovery reveals that water has been detected around a young star …