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How the James Webb will help us find life on other worlds
7-20-2022 |
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Two astrophysicists explore the possibilities of using the new telescope to analyze the atmospheres of extrasolar planets.
Aliens could use rogue planets as spaceships
6-6-2022 | 29
A new study has suggested that extraterrestrials could hitch a ride across the cosmos on rogue extrasolar worlds.
Total number of discovered exoplanets now exceeds 5,000
3-28-2022 | 0
Over the last 30 years, scientists have succeeded in identifying a staggering 5,000 planets in distant solar systems.
Our galaxy has 300 million habitable planets
11-11-2020 | 4
A new NASA study has revealed just how many potentially habitable worlds there are in our galaxy.
Some stars could host seven habitable planets
8-2-2020 | 5
Other stars may be able to host more than our own solar system's solitary habitable world, a new study suggests.
Planets like Tatooine may actually be common
3-16-2020 | 2
Planets with two suns like Luke Skywalker's homeworld may be as common as planets orbiting a solitary star.
139 new 'minor planets' found beyond Neptune
3-13-2020 | 4
Scientists have announced the discovery of 139 new objects situated in the far reaches of our solar system.
Thousands of planets could orbit a black hole
11-26-2019 | 4
It turns out that planets could orbit a black hole in much the same way as our own planet orbits the Sun.
Doomed planets 'call out' across the cosmos
8-11-2019 | 1
Astrophysicists have discovered a way to detect the surviving cores of planets orbiting white dwarf stars.
Two new Earth-like exoplanets discovered
6-19-2019 | 18
The new worlds are so much like our own that both are now on a list of the 19 planets most likely to support life.
ET 'habitable zone' is smaller than thought
6-12-2019 | 28
According to a new study, many planets in the so-called habitable zone can only support single-celled organisms.
Nearest exoplanet has potential to support life
4-16-2019 | 10
Scientists have determined that planets orbiting red dwarf stars may be capable of supporting primitive life.
NASA cooks up an alien atmosphere on Earth
3-16-2019 | 0
Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
Bizarre solar system is baffling astronomers
10-16-2018 | 6
Four gargantuan planets have been observed orbiting a relatively young star approximately 500 light years away.
Universe may be teeming with water-worlds
8-18-2018 | 7
Scientists have determined that a significant percentage of planets in our galaxy may be covered in water.
Planet is so hot that even metal evaporates
8-16-2018 | 5
The extrasolar planet known as Kelt-9b is so hot that its atmosphere contains vaporized iron and titanium.
More distant Earth-sized worlds discovered
6-9-2018 | 8
Astronomers have found a solar system 160 light years away with three planets roughly the size of our own.
'Super Earth' aliens may be trapped by gravity
4-23-2018 | 13
On planets more massive than the Earth, launching things in to space will be a lot more challenging.
Hunt for Earth 2.0 yields 95 new exoplanets
VIDEO 2-18-2018 | 0
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.
Evidence of extragalactic planets discovered
2-8-2018 | 3
Scientists have used microlensing to discover planets in a galaxy over 3.8 billion light years away.
