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Space Breakthrough: New Exoplanet Discovered Lurking Nearby

There’s a planet about the size of Neptune that’s been found lurking around a young star. It’s not too far away – only 32 light-years away from our planet, according to a recent study. CNN notes that this is a…

June 25, 2020 ·by Rada Mateescu· 0

Massive Exoplanet Three Times Larger Than Jupiter Was Spotted

A recently published paper has revealed that an even greater exoplanet is orbiting around the distant star, Kepler-88, as published in The Astronomical Journal. The planet is about 300 times bigger in mass than Earth and three times more massive…

May 2, 2020 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Exoplanet Fomalhaut b’s Disappearance From Hubble Space Telescope’s Sight Was Explained

Back in 2004 and 2006, the Hubble Space Telescope made quite the discovery. It succeeded in capturing a gaseous giant exoplanet dubbed Fomalhaut b orbiting a star. Such a finding is rare, as exoplanets are usually too faint and small…

April 21, 2020 ·by Anna Daniels· 0

Second Earth Exoplanet Spotted In The Old Kepler Data

The Keppler study is bringing new theories, even though, at first, it was categorized as unsuccessful, as per NASA’s press release. A forgotten study was once stating what is today an enormous source of hope and forthcoming analysis. Because of…

April 17, 2020 ·by Asheley Rice· 0

New Massive Exoplanet Might Provide Conditions for Life to Thrive

Recently, scientists from the University of Cambridge have discovered an intriguing exoplanet. They estimated to be twice of our planet’s size, and it could be habitable, as well. The team utilized the radius, mass, and atmospheric information from the exoplanet…

March 1, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Neptune-sized Exoplanet Is Estimated To Be Very Close To Us

A team of scientists from Penn State recently announced the presence of a massive super-Earth, dubbed G 9-40b. What’s intriguing is that the space object is only 90 light-years from our planet. Such a thing makes G 9-40b the first…

February 27, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Earth Climate Simulations Support Scientists’ Research on Alien Life on Exoplanets

NASA’s Discover supercomputers are known for their 7 quadrillion calculations/second, day and night. They are also responsible for the operation of some advanced climate simulations to forecast Earth’s future climate. Recently, the machines identified something quite intriguing. More than 4,000…

January 27, 2020 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

NASA Spotted a New Type of Planet That Might Change Our View on the Universe

NASA has unveiled the existence of a new type of planet which could change our view of the universe. This new category of planets, which are thought to possess a significantly low density, has been titled “super-puffs.” NASA’s Kepler space…

December 23, 2019 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Two Nobel Prize Winners Were the First Ones to Find an Exoplanet

Back in 1995, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the Nobel Prize for their discovery of a planet that’s orbiting a distant star in the Pegasus constellation. The 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded on Tuesday to Michel Mayor…

October 11, 2019 ·by Jeffrey Olmsted· 0

Habitable Exoplanet That Humans Can Colonize Found By Astronomers

Should we pack our stuff? Astronomers found a new exoplanet that can support human life. Are you scared of nuclear and chemical warfare, terrorists, rapists, murderers, wild animals, politicians, or mothers-in-law? Do you hate Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Beiber, and Donald…

August 29, 2019 ·by Asheley Rice· 0