NASA Discovered "Hot Jupiter" Exoplanet, Bigger But Less Massive Than Solar System's Largest Planet

SPACE 10.12.2021 03:10 AM

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers were able to find an inflated, low density "hot Jupiter" exoplanet that has similar characteristics to the Solar System's biggest planet, Jupiter.

Earth Look-A-Like Detected: Spectrographs Developed to Detect Other Planets Similar to Ours

07.30.2021 05:12 AM

Spectrographs are built to discover other planets similar to Earth. Three teams have built these devices in search of Earth 2.0.

Four Newly Discovered Exoplanets Could Give Insights to Earth's Teenage Life

07.13.2021 22:10 PM

Astronomers have discovered four nearby exoplanets which they hope will help scientists learn about Earth's poorly understood teenage years.

Earth's Atmosphere Seems to be 'Unique', No Other Exoplanets Could Compare

06.25.2021 22:03 PM

Earth's atmosphere could truly be rare. A study suggests that not many exoplanets could have similar or almost the same biosphere that Earth has due to a unique process that supports life.

Did Radio Waves From Earth Reach More Than 1,700 Star Systems? Here's What Experts Say

06.24.2021 00:09 AM

More than 1,700 nearby stars could have seen Earth and potentially detected life here, and four of those stars are known to possess rocky planets of their own.

Gaseous Planets Orbiting Bright Star Discovered: Citizen Scientists Finds Exoplanets With Sizes Like Neptune and Saturn

06.14.2021 00:59 AM

An otherworldly discovery has just been reported after a pair of gaseous planets was discovered orbiting the HD 152843 bright star.

Life on Venus: Will NASA Make This Possible on Earth's Twin Planet?

06.07.2021 08:37 AM

NASA has recently selected two missions it called the DAVINCI+ and VERITAS missions to find out the possibility of life on Venus.

Drastically Shrinking Planets Offer Hints Behind Mystery of Missing Worlds: What Causes This Phenomenon?

05.31.2021 04:16 AM

A breakthrough has recently reported about the case of shrinking planets. While planet-hunting missions have found thousands of worlds orbiting distant stars, there is a severe scarcity of exoplanets.

Red Dwarfs: Can Humans Live on Exoplanets Orbiting the Most Common and Long-Lasting Stars in the Galaxy?

05.18.2021 01:32 AM

How hospitable are red dwarfs to planets orbiting around them? NASA's Chandra and Hubble data gives new insight into this important question.

Exoplanet Discovery: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Witnesses Growing, Feeding Giant Planet

04.30.2021 05:42 AM

The Hubble Space Telescope at NASA has captured something extraordinary: a still-forming giant planet feeding off debris and material around a young star.

Robots are Being Taught to Autonomously Evolve to Survive in Distant Planets

02.07.2021 23:23 PM

A team of researchers from different universities are working on a set of robots that can autonomously evolve and produce child robots to survive on distant planets.

Kepler Finds Triple-Star System With a Skewed Configuration

01.14.2021 00:22 AM

KOI-5Ab is an exoplanet that orbits around a triple-star system with a skewed configuration discovered by NASA's Kepler mission.

Kepler Space Telescope Reveals About 300 Million Habitable Planets Possibly Exist in the Milky Way

11.14.2020 12:00 PM

Scientists found that about 50 percent of Sun-like stars consist of rocky planets that have the ability to host "liquid water on their surfaces."

NASA Missions Find Survivor Planet Orbiting Remains of Dead Star

09.17.2020 07:50 AM

Astronomers have discovered a giant survivor planet moving around a white dwarf, or a superdense core remnant of a former star, posing evidence that planets can survive the death of their host stars.

British Scientists Use AI to Identify New Planets

08.26.2020 07:30 AM

Scientists created a new AI algorithm to validate planets by sorting through thousands of data collected by NASA. They hope that the future missions can also make use of algorithm as well as other techniques to validate planets.

The Discovery of Star “cooking” Its Baby Planets Sheds Light on Finding Habitable Exoplanets in Space

06.12.2020 07:09 AM

In a new study, scientists discover a host star "roasting" its four baby planets with its radiation. They believe that by analyzing these conditions, it would aid in the quest to find habitable exoplanets outside our Solar System.

Scientists Plan to Study Dead Stars and Exoplanets to Look for Fingerprints and Other Signs of Life

05.04.2020 01:09 AM

Do you there is life in other planets? Scientists aren't waiting around to find out. It turns out, there are at least 25 billion places where life could exist in our galaxy alone. Scientists study different approaches such as fingerprinting and using biosignature to determine life in other planets soon.

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Heightens

02.17.2020 23:00 PM

With the discovery of new exoplanets and the emergence of advanced technology, finding intelligent life outside Earth is more possible now than ever.

Earth-Like Exoplanet Discovered While Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star by NASA's TESS

01.12.2020 20:07 PM

TESS is off to a good start as the planet hunter discovers an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star. However, debates are still going on regarding whether or not the planet is habitable or not.

NASA's Tiny Satellite ASTERIA is Lost in Space

01.08.2020 09:05 AM

NASA lost contact with its tiny satellite that was designed to look for exoplanets. This weekend, NASA's mission operators at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California lost contact with Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics or ASTERIA, a satellite designed to study exoplanets.

Two Young Super Puffy Exoplanets Discovered by Hubble Space Telescope

12.30.2019 09:04 AM

"Super-puffs" may be the last name you'd expect to be used as a description for planets but NASA's discovery proves that super puffy planets exist.