exoplanets

Trio of ‘failed stars’ may reveal one of the Universe’s speed limits 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2021
What this Canadian-led study found was far too remarkable to simply be a coincidence.

By David Aragorn
White dwarfs wear the crushed corpses of planets in their atmospheres 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 1, 2021
Astronomers are looking for the bones of dead planets inside the corpses of dead stars — and they may have just found some.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers detect possible radio emission from exoplanet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 16, 2020
By monitoring the cosmos with a radio telescope array, an international team of scientists has detected radio bursts emanating from the constellation Boötes — that could be the first radio emission collected from a planet beyond our solar system.

By David Aragorn
TESS Discovers Two Small and Warm Exoplanets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 16, 2020
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered two exoplanets transiting inactive red dwarf stars TOI-122 and TOI-237.

By David Aragorn
Planets with many neighbors may be the best places to look for life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 20, 2020
Single exoplanets with wild orbits hint at a chaotic past

By David Aragorn
300 million habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy, say scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2020
There are at least 300 million habitable planets in the Milky Way, new NASA research has shown – hinting that it’s less likely that humanity is alone in the universe.

By David Aragorn
Scientists discover ‘hell planet’ where its seas are molten lava and it rains rocks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 7, 2020
The scientists used computer simulations to predict conditions

By David Aragorn
About half of Sun-like stars could host rocky, potentially habitable planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 7, 2020
According to new research using data from NASA’s retired planet-hunting mission, the Kepler space telescope, about half the stars similar in temperature to our Sun could have a rocky planet capable of supporting liquid water on its surface.

By David Aragorn
Mars-sized rogue planet found drifting through the Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 30, 2020
Astronomers have discovered a planetary free agent floating through the Milky Way, unbound to the gravity of any nearby stars. The discovery, detailed Thursday in Astrophysical Journal Letters, suggests the Milky Way may be teeming with rogue planets.

By David Aragorn
Earth could be seen by alien civilisations on nearby exoplanets, scientists find 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 24, 2020
Earth could be visible to alien civilisations on planets outside our solar system, scientists have found.

By David Aragorn