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Ariel spacecraft prepares for rigorous tests at Airbus facility Paris, France (SPX) Oct 31, 2024 The European Space Agency's Ariel mission has officially entered its assembly phase at Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse, France. The structural model of the Ariel spacecraft, designed to advance our understanding of distant exoplanet atmospheres, is now under construction. This model will undergo intense tests that are critical to validating the spacecraft's readiness for the conditions it will face during launch and in space. The structural model visible in the image represents Ariel's mechan ... read more |
Astronomers Identify New Organic Molecule in Interstellar Space Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2024 The element carbon, foundational to life on Earth and potentially elsewhere, is known to exist in vast quantities across space. However, locating substantial amounts of carbon in interstellar region ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 27, 2024 Pipelines, sprinklers, and other infrastructure in oxygen-free settings are at risk from Microbially Induced Corrosion (MIC). This process, caused by microorganisms, leads to the degradation of iron ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 22, 2024 A collaborative effort between Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) seeks to explain mysterious surface features observed on airless celestial bodies, such ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024 An enduring mystery surrounding the first discovered brown dwarf, Gliese 229B, has finally been unraveled by astronomers from Caltech. Despite having been studied extensively since its discovery in ... more |
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Astronomers explore water-rich atmosphere of exoplanet GJ 9827 d Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2024 A recent international study led by Canadian researchers has unveiled new findings about GJ 9827 d, an exoplanet orbiting the star GJ 9827, located about 98 light-years away in the constellation Pis ... more London, UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2024 Recent research into the origins of Earth's volatile elements has revealed that without the contributions of unmelted primitive asteroids, the necessary compounds for life might not have been delive ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 10, 2024 Finding planets that could support life is a critical objective in astronomy, with the presence of an atmosphere being a key factor in determining a planet's habitability. Though scientists have dis ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2024 AF Lep b, a gas giant outside our solar system, continues to make history. First directly observed in 2023, it holds the distinction of being the lowest-mass planet to have its mass measured through ... more Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2024 The discovery of a giant planet orbiting the M-dwarf star TOI-6383A has offered fresh insights into the formation of giant planets around these cool, low-mass stars. TOI-6383A, less than half the ma ... more |
UTA physicists explore possibility of life beyond Earth Arlington TX (SPX) Oct 08, 2024 Are there planets beyond Earth where humans can live? The answer is maybe, according to a new study from University of Texas at Arlington physicists examining F-type star systems. Stars fall into seven lettered categories according to their surface temperature. They also differ in other factors including mass, luminosity, and radius. F-types are in the middle of the scale, hotter and more massive than our sun. F-type stars are yellowish white in color and have surface temperatures of more than 10, ... read more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 08, 2024 Researchers have uncovered living microbes sealed within a 2-billion-year-old rock sample from the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) in South Africa, marking the oldest example of microbial life discov ... more |
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TESS spots record-breaking stellar triplets Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 04, 2024 Professional and amateur astronomers teamed up with artificial intelligence to find an unmatched stellar trio called TIC 290061484, thanks to cosmic "strobe lights" captured by NASA's TESS (Transiti ... more London, UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2024 Scientists from the University of Warwick have revealed a detailed "map" of distant planets, highlighting a newly identified area in deep space called the Neptunian Ridge. This ridge separates two d ... more Paris (AFP) Oct 1, 2024 A rare exoplanet smaller than Earth has been discovered orbiting one of the closest stars to the Sun, although its surface is far too hot to sustain life, astronomers said on Tuesday. ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Sep 27, 2024 The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of years in the future, when the sun has turned i ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 25, 2024 Astronomers from the University of Arizona, along with an international group of researchers, observed the atmosphere of a hot and uniquely inflated exoplanet using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ... more |
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