Statistical approach improves models of atmosphere on early Earth and exoplanets
As energy from the sun reaches Earth, some solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, leading to chemical reactions like ...
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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 ...
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A super-Earth beyond Mars would have made Earth nearly uninhabitable
"The configuration that we end up with within the solar system is definitely not something that is indeed common," Chen told ...
A new way to detect daisy worlds
The daisy world model describes a hypothetical planet that self-regulates, maintaining a delicate balance involving its ...
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Scientists Looked Into This Exoplanet and it Sucks
Scientists have been researching a rocky planet in the TRAPPIST-1 system and discovered that it… sucks. Would this exoplanet be capable of sustaining life? What does it look like? Questions or ...
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Earth used as test subject for mission to study exoplanets for life - study
the study was an attempt to prove that their method for determining such works and that the planned LIFE (Large Interferometer for Exoplanets) space mission can succeed. The findings of this study ...
Scientists Believe Aliens Are Sending Interstellar Messages to Each Other—And We Can Eavesdrop on Them
Since the first modern SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) studies tried to detect alien transmissions in the ...
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'Unique and extreme': James Webb telescope detects possible alien world bubbling over with volcanoes
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected possible signs of gases released by volcanic activity on a ...
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New Model Enhances Early Earth, Exoplanet Atmospheres
As energy from the sun reaches Earth, some solar radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, leading to chemical reactions like ...
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Youngest planet ever discovered has misaligned orbit, puzzles scientists
A newly discovered baby exoplanet called IRAS 04125+2902 b is challenging our current understanding of planet formation.
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This young, shrouded super-Neptune could help teach us how such planets form
From 520 light-years away, astronomers have caught a glimpse of a nascent massive world still embedded within its star’s protoplanetary disk.