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Astronomers Surveyed The Atmosphere Of A Midsize Exoplanet

A team of researchers harnessed the power of two NASA telescopes to explore a midsize exoplanet which has a size between Earth and Neptune. Planets of this type are not present in our solar system, but they are quite common…

July 6, 2019 · by Anna McKay · 0

NASA’s TESS Discovers The Smallest Exoplanet Ever

A team of researchers harnessed the power of a sophisticated spacecraft in an attempt to find more extrasolar planets. The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite is an advanced spacecraft explicitly built for the search of exoplanets, and a new milestone has…

July 5, 2019 · by Joe Blair · 0

NASA’s TESS Exoplanets Hunter Detected A New Sub-Neptune Gaseous Planet

In the vicinity of our Solar System, about 53 light years away from us, NASA’s TESS, the famous exoplanets hunter launched about three months ago, spotted a new, exciting planet. The distant world that TESS identified is a sub-Neptune exoplanet by…

January 15, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Potentially Habitable Super-Earth Exoplanet, Found By Spanish Scientists

Spanish scientists discovered an exoplanet of the so-called super-Earth type. It is by 2.1 times larger than the Earth and orbits its host star, a red dwarf, within the habitability zone, also known as the Goldilocks zone. According to the researchers, this…

January 9, 2019 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Scientists Found A Super-Earth Exoplanet Orbiting Barnard’s Star, The Second-Closest One To Us

W have telescopes watching the skies, machines computing very complicated measurements, and hundreds of antennas listening to the whispers coming from space, but, above all, astronomy is a fascinating science, and a recent discovery proves that, once again. Researchers found a…

November 15, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

The Nearest Exoplanet May Sustain Life

Observing distant problems is a problematic activity for many astronomers. While a planet may look habitable from a far-away distance, the conditions on its surface may be radically different. Even if it is placed at the proper distance from its…

September 18, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

New Discovery: The Exoplanet which Atmosphere’s so Hot it has Titanium and Iron in it

Until recently, Mercury was considered the hottest planet in our Solar System. The temperatures on Mercury are over 800 degrees Fahrenheit on its Sun-facing side. If you thought those are high temperatures, take a look at what we know about…

August 19, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

TRAPPIST-1e Exoplanet Has A Dense Metal Core, A Fundamental Necessity For Life To Evolve

Since its discovery in February 2017, the TRAPPIST-1 solar system has frequently been under focus. At first, it seemed that this 39 light-years-far system could house extraterrestrial life. Then came the bad news that there might be too much water…

May 8, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

NASA Kepler Space Telescope Found An Exoplanet Similar To Mercury

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, revealed on Monday the discovery of an exoplanet resembling Mercury. The new finding made by the NASA Kepler Space Telescope will help to investigate the origin and evolution of Mercury, specialists say, since…

March 27, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0