NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth.
Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...
Astronomers detect a distant young super-Jupiter exoplanet
An international team of astronomers has reported the detection of a new super-Jupiter exoplanet as part of the Next ...
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A distant planet seems to have a sulphur-rich atmosphere, hinting at alien volcanoes
Even JWST can’t separate these tiny planets from their host stars – as they orbit their stars too closely. But there is a way ...
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This Alien Planet Has Astronomers Puzzled. Defies Current Understanding Of Physics
It was found by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, space telescope. "This is the youngest-known ...
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How Do Telescopes Work? Astronomy's Most Indispensable Tool, Explained
See how telescopes capture the cosmos. ExtremeTech explains the science behind lenses and space exploration. Start exploring ...
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How to keep SLO County skies dark at night, why it’s important and how we can make it happen
It’s an infrared radiation space telescope that eliminates glare from nearby stars to look back in time. As of Sept. 6, our ...
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From Earth to Exoplanets: Using Basalt Spectra to Search for Water in Distant Worlds
How can astronomers determine if an exoplanet has water based on Earth’s geological composition? This is what a recent study ...
Gas Giant Exoplanet Seen Transforming Into A Hot Jupiter
The transforming exoplanet that was observed by the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt ...
Astronomy: Youngest passing exoplanet discovered in "strange" system
The youngest exoplanets are actually still protected from certain detection methods by dust disks. In a "strange" case, this ...
NASA’s Groundbreaking Artificial Star to Decode Dark Energy Mysteries
The Landolt NASA Space Mission, hosted by George Mason University, will orbit an artificial star to refine telescope ...
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Astronomers detect a distant young super-Jupiter exoplanet
NGTS is a wide-field photometric survey focused mainly on the search for Neptune-sized and smaller exoplanets transiting bright stars. The project uses an array of small, fully robotic telescopes ...
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Earth used as test subject for mission to study exoplanets for life - study
The way the researchers hope to study exoplanets for life is by using a series of five satellites near NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, forming an even larger telescope that can study the infrared ...