Multiple exoplanets -- planets orbiting stars outside our solar system -- were discovered orbiting an M-dwarf star, called GJ 357 in the Hydra constellation. The star is 40% cooler than our sun and only about a third of the sun's mass and size. A study describing the three planets was...
Multiple exoplanets -- planets orbiting stars outside our solar system -- were discoveredorbiting an M-dwarf star, called GJ 357 in the Hydra constellation. The star is 40% cooler thanour sun and only about a third of the sun's mass and size. A study describing the three planetswas publ...
NASA hasfound new evidenceof 219 planets outside our Solar System. Ten of those exoplanets appear to be similar to the size of the Earth and orbit their stars in thehabitable zone— just far enough away to develop water, but not so far that they freeze. If confirmed, they would be adde...
Three of the planets or exoplanets as scientist call them, are receiving just the right amount of energy from the host star, meaning oceans of water could cover their surfaces. Scientists refer to the ideal zone just around the star as "the habitable zone," sometimes jokingly called the "Gol...
Then, TESS' science work will begin. The satellite may be small, but it packs a major science punch. TESS is following in the footsteps of NASA's famed Kepler space telescope and is expected to surpass its predecessor in the number of exoplanets detected. Over the course of its two-year...
"Some of the ever-increasing number of exoplanets identified around stars other than our sun may be similarly rocky and layered, though Earthlike worlds are smaller than the giant exoplanets whose size makes them easiest to find," NASA said in a press release. "A key challenge in planetary ...
Some of the missions like Juno, Kepler, SeaWinds, Dawn are relatively new. We are going further than this and presenting you a subjective list of NASA’s future mission. Only time will tell if they join the ranks of NASA’s finest work. Here is what is next for NASA. ...
A new exoplanet, I can bet. People are crazy about exoplanets, and the aliens, and the SETI program, and Astrobiology, and all that stuff. A Twin Earth! However, nobody realizes, I thought, that the potential discovery of this Earth on behalf of some technologically advanced alien civiliz...
Webb’s to-do list is extremely impressive. Scientists are ready with well-laid plans to explore the early universe, chart how galaxies form and evolve over time, observe the lifecycles of stars, and delve into the mysteries of exoplanets. But the telescope’s greatest d...
During that mission, the observatory will study the universe's first stars and galaxies, scrutinize the atmospheres of nearby exoplanets for intriguing chemicals and do a variety of other high-impact research. Mike Wall is the author of "Out There" (Grand Central Publishing, 2018; illustrated ...