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The Oldest Planet in the Milky Way Is Almost as Old as the Universe Itself

Who would have ever dared to imagine that astronomers will find a planet that’s almost as old as the Universe itself? The Big Bang event triggered the birth of our Universe roughly 13.7 billion years ago, according to most astronomers.…

August 13, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Many More Earth-Sized Planets Than Astronomers Thought? What New Evidence Says

Planets are of different sizes and compositions, and space exploration has constantly been proving it to us. There are planets much smaller than Earth, while other such cosmic objects are hundreds of times bigger, such as Jupiter. However, if a…

June 29, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

“Atmosphere!” – The Freshly Discovered, Peculiar Exoplanet!

Exoplanets are often intriguing – They sometimes provide glimpses into the Universe’s formation and often contain traces of a formidable past. However, a newly discovered exoplanet may have an exciting present for scientists – an atmosphere! Diana Dragomir, an exoplanetologist,…

June 12, 2021 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0

The Atmosphere of a Newfound Exoplanet Captures the Astronomers’ Attention

About 30 years ago, astronomers weren’t sure that planets could exist on other solar systems except for our own. The first exoplanets were discovered in 1992 when radio astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail announced that they found two planets…

June 9, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Discovered a Planet Close to Us With Extremely Long Days and Eternally Lit Night Skies

Little information is known about exoplanets. However, astronomers managed to discover thousands of them already, critical details like the existence of an atmosphere, water, or anything significant or relevant to their possible habitability. Scientists only seldom discover the sheer size…

March 9, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Astronomers Likely Discovered The Birth Of An Exoplanet!

Planets are formed in massive swirling disks of gas and dust nearby young stars. Astronomers found many of these protoplanetary disks, and they often observe concentric gaps in the disks, that looks a lot like the grooves on vinyl disks.…

January 29, 2021 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Mind-Blowing Discovery Unlike Anything That’s In Our Solar System Is Made

It’s been just revealed that an amazing discovery has been made and it involves something beyond anything that’s in our solar system. Missions such as NASA‘s Hubble Space Telescope, Kepler, TESS, and more continue to offer us insights into the…

September 14, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

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