Astrophysicist Glimpses 'Newborn' Transiting Exoplanet
The young and distant object offers researchers a never-before-seek peek at the early stages of a planet's life.
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Over 5000 Alien Worlds Have Been Discovered Outside Our Solar System
To date, over 5000 exoplanets have been discovered using telescopes on the ground and in space. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...
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Webb’s new mid-IR image of Sombrero galaxy improves the view
The sharp resolution of Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) also brings into focus details of the galaxy’s outer ring, ...
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TOI-3261 b: A ‘Hot Neptune’ discovered in a scorching close orbit around its host star
Using NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) along with observations from ground-based telescopes in Australia, ...
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NASA discovery: A ‘Hot Neptune’ discovered in a scorching close orbit
Using NASA ‘s TESS (the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and observations from ground-based telescopes in Australia, ...
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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Hubble Study Of Hot Jupiters Provides Exoplanet Atmosphere Insight
The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to study 25 hot Jupiters. It has helped to answer "questions important to our ...
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Discovery Alert: a ‘Hot Neptune’ in a Tight Orbit
By Grace Jacobs Corban The Discovery A Neptune-sized planet, TOI-3261 b, makes a scorchingly close orbit around its host star ...
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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 ...
At 3 million years old, this newly discovered planet is one of the youngest, study finds
Forming an estimated 3 million years ago, the planet discovered by astronomers at the University of North Carolina is in its ...
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Hats Off to NASA’s Webb: Sombrero Galaxy Dazzles in New Image
In a new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a galaxy named for its resemblance to a broad-brimmed Mexican hat appears more like an archery target. In Webb’s mid-infrared view of the ...