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World Premiere: Scientists Detect Tectonic Activity on Another Planet

You may not have heard about the exoplanet LHS 3844b, and not just because we live in an insanely huge Universe that defies human comprehension. But don’t worry, astronomers also didn’t hear about LHS 3844b until about two years ago…

March 10, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Teenage Students Discover a ‘Super-Earth’ and Three Other Exoplanets

Whether we like to admit it or not, humanity is still in the phase of ‘baby steps’ when it comes to exoplanets. The first planet from another solar system was discovered almost three decades ago, in 1992 by radio astronomers…

February 1, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Newfound ‘Hot Jupiter’ Puzzles Astronomers by Lacking Clouds

For recent years, astronomers had been hunting down exoplanet with powerful telescopes. Not too many decades ago, scientists weren’t completely sure that there are any planets beyond our own solar system. Meanwhile, thousands of such space objects were discovered, and…

January 26, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Newfound Gigantic World Challenges Knowledge About Planet Formation

When it comes to planets that defy astronomers’ expectations, it seems like the Universe never runs out of them. Nature itself is an everlasting factory of planets, stars, galaxies, and other cosmic objects. Until the day when technology will be…

January 19, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

New Worlds Await: Planets With Better Conditions For Life Than Earth Revealed

Even though Earth is the only known planet that has sentient life, astronomers found that there are two dozens exoplanets that could host better conditions for life compared to our homeworld. A team that’s led by the Washington State University…

October 9, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

A Star Can Host Seven Habitable Planets

Most scientists are strongly positive about the possibility of life on exoplanets — planets located outside our solar system. For all we know, there are some “Earth-like” planets that could potentially host life. Astronomers have discovered seven intriguing planets. Research…

August 3, 2020 · by Katherine Baldwin · 0

More Exoplanets Discovered at Just 11 Light Years Away

Scientists have recently found at least two, and perhaps up to three planets, orbiting a close star. This planetary system is in fact so close that a new generation of telescopes should, in theory, be able to scrutinize the system…

June 27, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Astronomers Plan to Search Alien Life on Long-Dead Exoplanets

When the upcoming age of observatories arises, the Cornell University astronomers plan to use them to track any distant long-dead exoplanets and fingerprints of alien life. They won’t scan any exoplanets, but only those that are orbiting dead stars. When…

May 4, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

WFIRST Will Employ Advanced Techniques To Track Down Exoplanets

Many of the exoplanets that are currently known have been discovered with the use of the transit method. This method involves the observation of the light produced by a star over a specific timeframe. If a planet passes in front…

April 21, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Scientists Believe That Exoplanets Orbiting Two Stars Lead To Misaligned Orbits

The exoplanets are a new subject to study that would bring the humanity one step closer to understand the mystery of the Universe. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is currently studying the outer space to determine whether exotic exoplanets that…

April 13, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0