Scorchingly hot ‘hell planet’ sending mysterious signals to Earth for 20 years

3 weeks, 2 days ago

Astronomers pinpoint origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space

Slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers since they were discovered in 2022.In new research, we have for the first time tracked one of these pulsating signals back to its source: a common kind of lightweight star called a red dwarf, likely in a binary orbit with a white dwarf, the core of another star …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Scientists searching distant solar system for possible alien radio signals

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In an attempt to find radio signals that might indicate such life, researchers spent 28 hours scanning …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Are aliens trying to contact Earth? Scientists reveal 'weird' origin of signal that traveled 8 billion years through space

Daily Mail

Scientists have identified the 'weird' origin of a high-energy burst of radio waves that traveled eight billion years through space before reaching Earth. New NASA Hubble Space Telescope images have given the clearest images yet of the host galaxy of an exceptionally powerful fast radio burst, FRB 20220610A. Hubble's sensitivity and sharpness revealed that this distant galaxy is part of …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System

India Today

Nasa has announced the discovery of six new worlds, pushing the total number of confirmed planets beyond our solar system to 5,502. FINDING SIX NEW PLANETS The newly discovered exoplanets showcase a diverse range of characteristics. These discoveries employed various detection methods, including the radial velocity technique, which measures stellar wobble caused by orbiting planets, and the transit method, which …

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5 months, 1 week ago

James Webb Telescope shows sunrise and sunset on planet outside Solar System

India Today

Days after it completed two years in the vacuum of space, Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has provided scientists with the most detailed look yet at the atmosphere of an exoplanet. WASP-39b, a hot gas giant orbiting a star 700 light-years away, was among the first targets analyzed by Webb as it began its regular science operations in 2022. During …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

NASA Astronomers Detect Unusual Radio Waves From Space, Origins Still Unknown

News 18

We often come through many strange news regarding space. Recently, news regarding some unusual signals from space was widely spread on the internet creating a massive buzz among people. Some unusual intermittent radio signal from space was received from space recently which has surprised astronomers around the world. According to a report by The Conversation.com, astronomers have recently detected some …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Magma world: A volcanic planet is "constantly exploding" with molten lava, astronomers announce

Salon

Like a giant exploding ember floating in space, a planet made of molten lava and covered in active volcanoes was recently described in The Astronomical Journal. Known as TOI-6713.01, the exoplanet was first spotted by UC Riverside astrophysicist Dr. Stephen R. Kane using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS. Related New exoplanet research indicates how volcanoes could generate alien …

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7 months, 1 week ago

A scorching hot lava planet made of diamonds has grown second atmosphere after its star destroyed…

Live Mint

Astronomers have discovered that a scorching hot lava planet, that is believed to be composed of diamond, grew a second atmosphere after its star had destroyed its first atmosphere. According to NASA, the planet, called as 55 Cancri e or Janssen, is about 8.8 times more heavier than Earth, with a diameter about twice that of our planet in a …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

James Webb Telescope discovers super-Earth outside the Solar System

India Today

The James Webb Telescope has delivered exactly what it was intended for. The world's most powerful observatory has detected atmospheric gases on a planet outside the Solar System, which has a rocky surface like Earth. James Webb Telescope cannot capture a direct image of 55 Cancri e. Nasa said that the planet orbits so close to its star that its …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists discover atmosphere on super Earth planet that could pave way for life

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Forget Mars, are there aliens on… K2-18b? Discovery of planet twice as big as Earth emitting gas 'only produced by life' sparks huge excitement among astronomers

Daily Mail

Astronomers could finally show that alien life does exist on a distant planet following observations today. Planet K2-18b – which is more than twice as big as Earth and 120 light-years away – sits within the habitable zone of its star in the Leo constellation. Scientists made an exciting and potentially ground-breaking discovery in the search for alien life - …

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1 year ago

James Webb Space Telescope snaps stunning new image of Uranus

Salon

Uranus is not the first planet that comes to astronomers' minds when they hear about rings; its more spectacular celestial cousins like Saturn and Jupiter earn that distinction. Yet the rings around Uranus are quite magnificent on their own, as revealed among other things by recent images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. While the Voyager 2 images of …

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1 year, 1 month ago

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures new image of HH212 star formation

Live Mint

James Webb Space Telescope captured a new image of the HH212 star's formation. The image released shows the HH212 star coming into existence which is around 50,000 years old. It shows pink-red colours coming out from the centre and going in polar opposite directions while the glow from the protostar is not visible due to a dense, spinning disc of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Incredible image reveals the moment two icy exoplanets COLLIDED 1,800 light-years away - releasing an enormous cloud of dust

Daily Mail

This incredible image depicts the moment two icy exoplanets careered into each other 1,800 light-years away in a cosmic crash that was only spotted by chance. It was detected after the two giant exoplanets smashed into each other around a sun-like star, creating a blaze of light and throwing out enormous plumes of dust. Out of this world: This incredible …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world

The Hindu

This question is nearly as old as humanity itself. Scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States have just reported some very interesting chemical traces in the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b, which is about 124 light-years from Earth. Discovered in 2015 by the Kepler Space Telescope’s K2 mission, it is a type of planet called a sub-Neptune. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

NASA’s James Webb Telescope detects possible signs of life on distant exoplanet

Live Mint

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may have stumbled upon tentative evidence suggesting signs of life on a distant exoplanet, K2-18b. In addition to DMS, researchers have also identified methane and carbon dioxide in the planet's atmosphere, raising the possibility of a water ocean on this distant world. Dr. Robert Massey, Deputy Director of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, expressed …

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1 year, 5 months ago

A mysterious source has been sending radio signals to Earth from space for decades

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An unknown source has been sending radio blasts towards Earth since at least …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Closest Supernova To Earth Sparks Talk Of Signal From Aliens

News 18

Contacting extraterrestrial beings has always been a subject of great interest for many people. This remarkable celestial event, the closest stellar explosion witnessed by the human eye in the past ten years, has piqued the interest of scientists who propose that it could serve as a beacon for potential extraterrestrial communications, reported WST Post. The discovery of SN 2023ixf occurred …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Earth-like planet covered with erupting volcanoes discovered

India Today

While Jupiter's moon Io remains the most volcanically active celestial object in our solar system, a newly discovered planet is giving it a tough challenge. The Earth-like planet is the first such world to be discovered outside the solar system that offers some of the best evidence to date of volcanism outside the Solar System. The planet orbits a small …

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1 year, 8 months ago

‘Coherent’ radio signal detected from alien planet, prompting hope in search for life

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A “coherent” radio signal has been detected from an alien planet, suggesting it …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Planet with 2-Sun! Nasa’s telescope makes ‘out-of -this-world-discovery’

Live Mint

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made another out-of-this-world discovery: A giant red planet outside the solar system. The researchers used the state-of-the-art telescope to study the motions of the clouds which were bringing hotter material up and pushing colder material down on the planetary mass companion VHS 1256 b, about 40 light-years away from Earth. Identifying for the first time …

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1 year, 9 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope spots scorching swirling clouds on remote planet

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Swirling hot sand clouds have been detected on a distant planet by Nasa’s …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Scientists find clues that could help predict next violent explosion on the Sun

India Today

The Sun exploded with a partial halo Coronal Mass Ejection on January 14 and it hit Earth on January 17, causing an abrupt shift in the Interplanetary Magnetic Field near Earth. This information could eventually help improve predictions of flares and space weather storms. Our results may give us a new marker to distinguish which active regions are likely to …

Earth Sun Flare

2 years, 4 months ago

Science for All | Scientists discover a new super-earth, just 37 light-years away

The Hindu

This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! The exoplanet is 37 light-years away from the earth, and moves in and out of the habitable zone of the star it revolves around. Ross 508b takes only 10.8 days to complete one orbit around its star …

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2 years, 5 months ago

‘A new era’: NASA unveils more Webb Telescope images of universe

Al Jazeera

NASA says images from world’s largest and most powerful space telescope usher in ‘dawn of new era in astronomy’. NASA said the images from Webb, a joint collaboration with the European and Canadian space agencies and the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, have ushered in “the dawn of a new era in astronomy”. NASA unveils new colour images …

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3 years, 1 month ago

On This 'Ultrahot' Planet, One Year Is Just 16 Hours Long

ABP News

New Delhi: A team of astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has recently discovered one of the most extreme ultrahot Jupiters. Since the planet has an extremely tight orbit, and has a close proximity to its host star, the temperature on the planet's day side is around 3,500 Kelvin. Ian Wong, the lead author of the study, said astronomers …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Mysterious radio signals originating from distant stars could hint at possible hidden planets

Firstpost

The researchers are confident that the signals are coming from the magnetic connection between the dwarf stars and the hidden planets in their orbit. In a major discovery, scientists have found radio waves emitting from distant stars, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets. According to Pope, the research “could potentially lead to the discovery of planets throughout the galaxy.” …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Earth receives first radio signals from planet outside of Solar System

India Today

In a major discovery, astronomers have for the first time detected stars that are blasting radio signals hinting at the presence of hidden planets around them. “We’ve long known that the planets of our own solar system emit powerful radio waves as their magnetic fields interact with the solar wind, but radio signals from planets outside our solar system had …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Uranus emitting X-rays: Scientists probe mystery around 'Ice Giant' planet

India Today

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun is reflecting X-rays, says a new study by scientists. This is the first time astronomers have detected X-rays from Uranus, which is also known as the 'sideways planet' because it rotates on its side, unlike any other planet in our solar system. The Chandra program is managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center …

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4 years ago

First-ever radio signal from 51 light years away from the earth

The Hindu

Using Low Frequency Array, a radio telescope, in the Netherlands, a team of researchers from Cornell University discovered emission bursts from the Tau Bootes exoplanet system, 51 light-years away from the earth. The detected radio signals could be the first-ever radio emission from a planet beyond our solar system, the team said. “We present one of the first hints of …

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4 years ago

Alien at the Door? First Potential Radio Signal From Exoplanet 51 Light-years Away Detected

News 18

An international team of scientists has collected the first possible radio signal from a planet beyond our solar system, emanating from an exoplanet system about 51 light-years away. However, the study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics found that only the Tau Bootes exoplanet system exhibited a significant radio signature, a unique potential window on the planet’s magnetic field. …

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4 years ago

Aliens exist? First potential radio signal from exoplanet detected

India Today

In another extensive search for possible alien life, a team of scientists for the first time has collected a potential radio signal from a planet beyond our solar system. The first possible radio signal is believed to be emanating from an exoplanet system about 51 light-years away. However, the study published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics found that only …

Radio System Turner Planet Jupiter Emission Exoplanet

4 years, 1 month ago

Scientists use radio telescope to find hidden ‘super planet’

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have discovered a cold brown dwarf – otherwise known as a “super …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Alien 'Jupiter' Planet With Ridiculously Hot Temperature Spotted Orbiting Far in Cosmic Space

News 18

European Space Agency’s new exoplanet mission called Cheops has found one of the hottest and most extreme extra-solar planets ever discovered. Hot Jupiters, as the name suggests, are giant gas planets a bit like Jupiter in our own Solar System; however, they orbit far, far closer to their host star, and so are heated to extreme temperatures. “WASP-189b is also …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus's clouds

India Today

Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighbouring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet. They said it doesn't satisfy the "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" standard established by the late Carl Sagan, who speculated about the possibility of life in the clouds of …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Venus may have enough active volcanoes to form its own 'ring of fire', new study finds

Firstpost

In proving that Venus is geographically active, scientists are looking to understand why Earth and Venus evolved so differently despite being so similar. Scientists are using crown-like structures found on Venus to determine whether it is, like Earth, a volcanically-active planet. On Earth, the ‘Ring of fire’ is a region in the basin of Pacific Ocean that is known to …

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4 years, 5 months ago

First image of 2 exoplanets orbiting a sun-like star released

CNN

CNN — About 300 light-years away from us, two giant exoplanets are orbiting a young sun-like star. By observing this system, centered around a star similar to ours that’s known as TYC 8998-760-1, astronomers can better understand how the planets in our solar system formed and evolved around the sun. The telescope’s SPHERE instrument, or Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research, can …

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