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Webb finds ethanol, other icy ingredients for making planets Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 14, 2024 What do margaritas, vinegar, and ant stings have in common? They contain chemical ingredients that NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has identified surrounding two young protostars known as IRAS 2A and IRAS 23385. Although planets are not yet forming around those stars, these and other molecules detected there by Webb represent key ingredients for making potentially habitable worlds. An international team of astronomers used Webb's MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) to identify a variety of icy compou ... read more |
Loathed by scientists, loved by nature: sulfur and the origin of life Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 14, 2024 Many artists have tried to depict what Earth might have looked like billions of years ago, before life made its appearance. Many scenes trade snow-covered mountains for lava-gushing volcanoes and bl ... more Washington DC (SPX) Feb 29, 2024 Which planets are most likely to lose their atmospheres? New research finds a surprising relationship between planet size and atmospheric escape and suggests that the smallest planets aren't losing ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2024 NASA's innovative approach to studying the atmospheres of distant worlds has taken a significant leap forward with the Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) mission. Since its launch in Sep ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 28, 2024 Life is indeed possible on Earth. This has been demonstrated in a study conducted by the Institute of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at ETH Zurich. Of course, the researchers' intention wasn't to ... more |
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Scripps Research scientists reveal how first cells could have formed on Earth La Jolla CA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 Roughly 4 billion years ago, Earth was developing conditions suitable for life. Origin-of-life scientists often wonder if the type of chemistry found on the early Earth was similar to what life requ ... more Paris, France (SPX) Mar 01, 2024 Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have shed new light on the complex interplay between massive stars and the formation of planetary systems, offering groundbreaking insi ... more Ithica NY (SPX) Mar 01, 2024 Decades before any probe dips a toe - and thermometer - into the waters of distant ocean worlds, Cornell astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures based on the thickne ... more Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2024 Researchers have found water vapour in the disc around a young star exactly where planets may be forming. Water is a key ingredient for life on Earth and is also thought to play a significant ... more Irvine CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2024 A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers' knowledge of planet formation and evolution. Relying on a globe-spanning arsenal of o ... more |
NASA's Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet's Atmosphere Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jan 26, 2024 Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere. At only approximately twice Earth's diameter, the planet GJ 9827d could be an example of potential planets with water-rich atmospheres elsewhere in our galaxy. "This would be the first time that we can directly show through an atmospheric detection, that these planets with water-rich atmospheres can actually exist around other stars," said team member Bjorn Benneke ... read more Tucson AZ (SPX) Feb 15, 2024 Stars that pass by our Solar System have altered the long-term orbital evolution of planets, including Earth, and by extension modified our climate. "Perturbations - a minor deviation in the c ... more |
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Scientists Unveil Free-Floating Planetary Giants in the Orion Nebula Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2024 In a remarkable advancement in the field of astronomy, researchers have unveiled findings that challenge our traditional understanding of planetary systems. A team of astronomers has discovered Jupi ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2024 In a groundbreaking development for the field of astrophysics and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), researchers from the SETI Institute, Berkeley SETI Research Center, and the Uni ... more Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 Ordinarily, planets in evolved planetary systems, such as the Solar System, follow stable orbits around their central star. However, many indications suggest that some planets might depart from thei ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 08, 2024 In the ongoing quest to discover habitable worlds beyond our solar system, a groundbreaking study spearheaded by Associate Professor Kazumi Ozaki from Tokyo Institute of Technology and Associate Res ... more Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2024 One would be forgiven for thinking that it's easy to tell different types of planets apart. Unfortunately, the most interesting worlds look awfully like comparative ... more |
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