News About Extra Solar Planets
November 02, 2024
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
Microbes thrive on iron in oxygen-free environments
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
SwRI and JPL study reveals liquid brine flows on airless worlds
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
It's twins mystery of famed brown dwarf solved
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 Use New Technique to Search for Alien Signals Between Planets
University Park PA (SPX) Oct 17, 2024
A new search technique has allowed astronomers to target exoplanets that align with Earth and each other in search of radio signals that could indicate interplanetary communication. Penn State resea ... more
Rain may have helped form the first cells, kick-starting life as we know it
Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 16, 2024
Billions of years of evolution have made modern cells incredibly complex. Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell's survival and ... more
Worms and snails handle the pressure 2,500m below the Pacific surface
Paris (AFP) Oct 16, 2024
Giant worms found wriggling under the Pacific seabed have unveiled a thriving ecosystem in a fiercely hostile environment, according to a study published by Nature. ... more
Using AI to find the smallest and closest exoplanets around sun-like stars
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 16, 2024
An international research team led by Professor Jian Ge from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory has announced the discovery of five new ultra-short-period planets (USPs), each smaller than Earth ... more
Europa Clipper will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support life
Reading UK (SPX) Oct 11, 2024
Discovering extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific and philosophical revelations that our species has ever made. But such a big discovery won't come easy. Our starting po ... 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
How the Building Blocks of Life Arrived on Earth Through Primitive Asteroids
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
UChicago scientists unveil efficient method for detecting atmospheres on distant planets
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
UT Astronomers Rush to Capture Image of Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
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
Getting closer to understanding giant planet formation around M-dwarf stars
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
Microbes discovered thriving in 2-billion-year-old South African rock
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
Exoplanet map reveals Neptunian Ridge separating planetary regions
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
Small exoplanet discovered in 'our cosmic backyard'
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
This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth - 8 billion years from now
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
Astronomers catch a glimpse of a uniquely inflated and asymmetric exoplanet
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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