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Small, hardy planets packed with dense elements have the best chance of avoiding being crushed and swallowed up when their host star dies, new research from the University of Warwick has found. Astrophysicists from the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group have modeled the chances of different planets be...
Stellar chemical compositions used as proxy for potentially habitable systems. A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing the search for life in the cosmos. She has developed techniques to identify stars likely to host exoplanets, bas...
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Utilizing the Hubble Space Telescope, a new study has provided insights into hot Jupiters’ atmospheric compositions, finding common molecules like water and carbon monoxide. This research supports theoretical models and aids in understanding planet formation. By combining Hubble Space Telescop...
Text analytics revealed new insights into the spread of Phytophthora infestans, from its historical impact on the Irish potato famine to its modern presence. This approach offers a novel way to track and understand plant pathogens over time. North Carolina State University researchers used text anal...
Kepler-138b: First Exoplanet Smaller Than Earth to Have Its Mass and Size Measured
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A team of astronomers have measured the mass and size of the smallest exoplanet yet, a Mars-sized planet named Kepler-138b orbiting a red dwarf star about 200 light years from Earth. Determining the size of an Earth-size exoplanet by the amount of starlight it blocks hundreds of light-years away onc...
An enormous cloud of hydrogen is bleeding off the warm exoplanet GJ 436b due to exreme radiation from its star. The huge cloud is about 50 times the size of the star, and has been dubbed “The Behemoth” by astronomers. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an immense cloud o...
Artist’s illustration of a star with an Earth-like planet. Credit: IAC A newly published study has shown with high precision that even stars older than 11 billion years have Earth-like planets. A new study of 33 Kepler stars with solar-like oscillations to be published in Monthly Notices of th...
Observations from the New Horizons Spacecraft reveal that Mars isn’t the only red planet in our solar system; dwarf planet Pluto has a reddish color as well. What color is Pluto? The answer, revealed in the first maps made from New Horizons data, turns out to be shades of reddish brown. Although thi...
For the first time a team of researchers has discovered of a ring of rocks circling a very young star. These ‘pebbles’ are believed to be a crucial link in formation of planets. Dr. Jane Greaves of the University of St Andrews presented the work at the National Astronomy Meeting at Venue...
Taken just a few days ago, these new images from the New Horizons Spacecraft provide a better view of Pluto and its mysterious dark spots. These are the most recent high-resolution views of Pluto sent by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, including one showing the four mysterious dark spots on Pluto th...
Study Predicts Building Blocks for Earth-Like Planets in Every Exoplanet System in the Milky Way
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A new study being presented at National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno shows that Earth-like planets orbiting other stars in the Milky Way are three times more likely to have the same type of minerals as Earth than astronomers had previously thought and that conditions for making the building blocks...
Newly published research from astronomers at Cornell University suggests that there may be a new population of circumbinary planets, which orbit around more-compact binaries (with periods less than a few days) and have their orbital axes misaligned with the binary axes. Sibling suns – made famous in...
A newly published study from MIT and colleagues shows that ocean acidification may cause dramatic changes to phytoplankton communities, recealing that many species may die out and others may migrate significantly as ocean acidification intensifies. Oceans have absorbed up to 30 percent of human-made...
Engineers are investigating the feasibility of creating a windbot, a new class of robotic probe designed to stay aloft in a planet’s atmosphere for a long time without wings or hot-air balloons, to someday explore planets like Jupiter. Among designers of robotic probes to explore the planets, ...
New color-coded maps of dwarf planet Ceres reveal a diverse topography with height differences between crater bottoms and mountain peaks as great as 9 miles (15 kilometers). Scientists continue to analyze the latest data from Dawn as the spacecraft makes its way to its third mapping orbit. “Th...
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system – exoplanet HD 219134b. Dubbed HD 219134b, this exoplanet, which orbits too close to its star to sustain life, is a mere 21 light-years away. While the planet itself can&#...