News About Extra Solar Planets
September 18, 2023
Exoplanet with a large iron core adds to puzzle of how planets form

Turin, Italy (SPX) Sep 18, 2023
Over the past decades, astronomers have found several thousand extrasolar planets. Extrasolar planets orbit stars outside our solar system. The next frontier in this research field is to learn more about their composition and internal structure, in order to develop a better understanding of how planets form. Elisa Goffo, Ph.D. student at the Physics Department of the University of Turin (Italy) and at the Thuringer Landessternwarte (Germany), together with an international research team, has made ... read more
Alleged bodies of 'non-human beings' shown in Mexican Congress
Mexico City (AFP) Sept 13, 2023
The alleged bodies of two "non-human beings" were presented during a congressional hearing in Mexico, generating a mixture of surprise, disbelief and ridicule on social media on Wednesday. ... more
Webb discovers methane, carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b
Baltimore MD (SPX) Sep 12, 2023
A new investigation with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbo ... more
On the road to spotting alien life
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 13, 2023
In early August, scientists and engineers gathered in a small auditorium at Caltech to discuss how to build the first space telescope capable of detecting life on planets like Earth. The proposed mi ... more
Scientists detect and validate the longest-period exoplanet found with TESS
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Sep 04, 2023
Scientists from The University of New Mexico (UNM), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have detected and validated two of the longest-period exoplanets found by TESS to date. These long ... more
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Hot Jupiter blows its top
Austin TX (SPX) Sep 04, 2023
A planet about 950 light years from Earth could be the Looney Tunes' Yosemite Sam equivalent of planets, blowing its atmospheric 'top' in spectacular fashion. The planet called HAT-P-32b is lo ... more
New giant planet evidence of possible planetary collisions
Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2023
A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary clash. TOI-1853b's ma ... more
Newly discovered planet has longest orbit yet detected by the TESS mission
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
Of the more than 5,000 planets known to exist beyond our solar system, most orbit their stars at surprisingly close range. More than 80 percent of confirmed exoplanets have orbits shorter than 50 da ... more
Thermometer molecule confirmed on exoplanet WASP-31b
Ithaca NY (SPX) Aug 30, 2023
Chromium hydride (CrH), a molecule that's relatively rare and particularly sensitive to temperature, is useful as a "thermometer for stars," according to astronomer Laura Flagg, because it's abundan ... more
Accretion disks: How big are they really?
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 25, 2023
Using the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF's NOIRLab, astronomers have detected for the first time evidence of the presence of an accretion d ... more
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Size dependence and the collisional dynamics of protoplanetary dust growth
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 22, 2023
The intricate dance of cosmic dust microparticles in the vastness of space may seem insignificant. Still, understanding their behaviors is key to unraveling one of the universe's most profound myste ... more
A "Jupiter" hotter than the Sun
Rehovot, Israel (SPX) Aug 22, 2023
The search for exoplanets - planets that orbit stars located beyond the borders of our solar system - is a hot topic in astrophysics. Of the various types of exoplanets, one is hot in the literal se ... more
Study explains how part of the nucleolus evolved
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 22, 2023
Inside all living cells, loosely formed assemblies known as biomolecular condensates perform many critical functions. However, it is not well understood how proteins and other biomolecules come toge ... more
The oldest and fastest evolving moss in the world might not survive climate change
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
A 390-million-year-old moss called Takakia lives in some of Earth's most remote places, including the icy cliffs of the Tibetan Plateau. In a decade-long project, a team of scientists climbed some o ... more
Watch an exoplanet's 17-year journey around its star
Evanston IL (SPX) Aug 11, 2023
A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date. Constructed from real data, the footage shows Beta Pictoris b - a planet 12 times the ... more
Exoplanet surveyor Ariel passes major milestone

Paris (ESA) Aug 11, 2023
Ariel, ESA's next-generation mission to observe the chemical makeup of distant exoplanets, has passed a major milestone after successfully completing its payload Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The successful completion of the payload PDR marks a crucial step forward for Ariel, demonstrating that the mission's payload design meets all the required technical and scientific specifications, and no holdups were found for the foreseen launch in 2029. The Ariel payload will consist of an integrated sui ... read more
Chemical contamination on International Space Station is out of this world
Birmingham UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2023
Concentrations of potentially harmful chemical compounds in dust collected from air filtration systems on the International Space Station (ISS) exceed those found in floor dust from many American ho ... more

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New exoplanet discovery builds better understanding of planet formation
Birmingham UK (SPX) Aug 04, 2023
An international team of scientists have discovered an unusual Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a low-mass star called TOI-4860, located in the Corvus constellation. The newly discovered gas gian ... more
Using cosmic weather to study which worlds could support life
Columbus OH (SPX) Jul 28, 2023
As the next generation of giant, high-powered observatories begin to come online, a new study suggests that their instruments may offer scientists an unparalleled opportunity to discern what weather ... more
Violent Atmosphere Gives Rare Look at Early Planetary Life
Hanover, NH (SPX) Jul 28, 2023
Trillions of miles from Earth, the violent and erratic shedding of a young planet's atmosphere could provide a rare glimpse into the tumultuous early life that besets most of the planets in our gala ... more
Water discovered in rocky planet-forming zone offers clues on habitability
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Jul 27, 2023
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the MPIA-led MINDS research collaboration discovered water in the inner region of a disk of gas and dust around the young star PDS 70. Astronomers expect terres ... more
NASA lab hopes to find life's building blocks in asteroid sample
Houston (AFP) July 25, 2023
Eager scientists and a gleaming lab awaits. ... more
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