Showing posts with label exoplanets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exoplanets. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Astronomers Have Found A Moon The Size Of Neptune In A Distant Star System

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An artist's concept of the star system where researchers think they've observed the first exomoon. Dan Durda Popular Science : ...
Monday, January 9, 2017

European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope In Chile Will Be Modified To Search For Planets

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This artist's impression shows the planet orbiting the star Alpha Centauri B, a member of the triple star system that is the closest ...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

NASA's Kepler Telescope Has Found 100 New Exoplanets

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The artist's illustration shows NASA's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft operating in its second-chance K2 mission. Credit: NASA A...
Sunday, January 3, 2016

Advances In Astronomy Will Help Find Other Worlds

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The first super-Earth identified as a rocky exoplanet BBC : Advance in astronomy 'can help find other worlds' The pull of gr...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Earth-Sized Planets 'Number 17bn' In Our Galaxy

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This artist's rendering shows the different types of planets in the Milky Way detected by Nasa's Kepler spacecraft  Kepler Tel...
Monday, January 7, 2013

15 Potentially Habitable Planets Discovered

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Artist’s impression of the view from a moon around planet PH2b  15 Potentially Habitable Planets Discovered by Amateur Astronomers -- ...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Witness To An Evaporating Exoplanet

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Two Satellites See An Evaporating Exoplanet -- Popular Mechanics A solar flare that erupted at just the right time and direction could disru...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Earth Size Planets Easy, But Life Not So Much

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Earth Worlds Are Easy, Life Not So Much -- Discovery News Planets up to about four times the diameter of Earth form under a broader range of...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Witnessing The Death Of An Exoplanet

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Artist concept of the curious events going at the star named KIC 12557548. Credit: MIT Doomed Mercury-Sized Exoplanet May Be Turning to Dust...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Billions Of Habitable Alien Planets Should Exist

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This artist’s impression shows a sunset seen from the super-Earth Gliese 667 Cc. The brightest star in the sky is the red dwarf Gliese 667 C...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

One Could Detect Life On Earth By Looking At The Moon

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Crescent Moon and Earthshine The thin crescent moon sets over ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile. The crescent is clearly visible, but y...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

100 Billion Stars In The Milky Way

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An Otherworldly Discovery: Billions of Other Planets -- Wall Street Journal Astronomers said Wednesday that each of the 100 billion stars in...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Astronomers Discover A Water World

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GJ1214b, a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth Photo: AFP Astronomers Discover New Type Of Planet – The Water Wo...
Monday, January 16, 2012

The Hunt for Exomoons Is Heating Up

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An artist's impression of a hypothetical exomoon in orbit around a planet in another planetary system. Dan Durda Forget Exoplanets: The ...

The First Ever Saturn-Like Exoplanet Is Found

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A Saturn-Like Ringed Planet, 420 Light-Years Away Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester Found: The First Ever Saturn-Like Exoplanet Surrou...
Monday, August 15, 2011

The Blackest Planet

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Space spy: The team made their discovery while working through data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, one of the world's most powerful ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The Older the Planet, the Greater Chance There's Life

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Image : Astronomers have used the Kepler Space Telescope (seen in an artist's rendition, above) to locate likely planets orbiting stars ...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Lots Of Multi-Planet Systems Found In Kepler Planet Hunt

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This artist rendering provided by NASA shows a solar system comparison of the Kepler 11 solar system and ours. NASA/AP Surprise Find In Kepl...
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Free-Floating "Planets" Are More Common Than What Is Believed

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The "rogue" planets act as lenses, bending the light from distant stars 'Free-Floating' Planets Found With No Star In Sigh...
Friday, May 20, 2011

Planets More Numerous Than Believed

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An artist's depiction illustrates a Jupiter-sized planet wandering free in interstellar space. The new findings appear to confirm the ex...