Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star
1 year, 4 months ago

Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star

The Hindu  

In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth. Astronomers using data obtained by NASA's now-retired Kepler space telescope have identified seven planets orbiting a star in our Milky Way galaxy, with all of them suffering the wrath of their star - radiant energy - even more brutally than Mercury. "All of the planets are 'fried' more intensely than any planet in our solar system," said astronomer Jack Lissauer of NASA's Ames Research Center in California, lead author of the study set to be published in the Journal of Planetary Science and currently posted on the arXiv research site. The smallest of its seven planets - 20% larger than Earth - orbits closest to the star, at a distance of a little more than 4% of the distance between our planet and the sun.

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Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System
8 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 …

NASA discovers 85 Earth-like planets that could support life
1 year, 2 months ago

NASA discovers 85 Earth-like planets that could support life

Daily Mail  

Scientists have revealed a promising development in the search for alien life. Generally, if a planet is a similar distance from its star as Earth from the sun, scientists could reasonably suggest it's not too hot and not too cold – and therefore could be habitable. The scientists know this because the planets orbited their star just twice during a …

Astronomers discover new six-planet system
1 year, 3 months ago

Astronomers discover new six-planet system

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. This discovery is going to become a benchmark system to study how sub-Neptunes, the most common type …

Two potentially habitable planets discovered in our backyard. They are Earth-like
2 years, 3 months ago

Two potentially habitable planets discovered in our backyard. They are Earth-like

India Today  

For decades the field of astronomy has been centered around the question, is there another Earth out there? An international team of astronomers has found two planets that have Earth-like masses and are orbiting a red dwarf star. What's interesting is that it's not far from our solar system, just 16 light-years away, and both planets are in the habitable …

Nasa ‘hexoplanets’ account starts tweeting spooky planets
2 years, 5 months ago

Nasa ‘hexoplanets’ account starts tweeting spooky planets

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. A cobalt blue gas giant just slightly larger than Jupiter orbiting close to its star around 64 …

Astronomers find a new planetary system close to Earth and are ‘optimistic’ there will be habitable worlds
2 years, 9 months ago

Astronomers find a new planetary system close to Earth and are ‘optimistic’ there will be habitable worlds

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. “We consider that range outside the habitable zone, too hot for liquid water to exist on the …

Scientists have now discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets
3 years ago

Scientists have now discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets

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. I get excited about every one because we don’t know anything about them.” The first confirmed exoplanets …

There are 5,000 worlds outside our solar system, some like Earth, confirms Nasa
3 years ago

There are 5,000 worlds outside our solar system, some like Earth, confirms Nasa

India Today  

When humans began looking into the sky, the first thought that popped the scientific curiosity was are we alone in the universe? With the discovery of 65 new planets, Nasa has confirmed the presence of over 5000 such planetary bodies around stars beyond our solar system, marking a new milestone in space exploration. OVER 5000 NEW WORLDS BEYOND OUR SOLAR …

Understanding exoplanets: Unraveling the mysteries of planets that are hotter than stars
4 years ago

Understanding exoplanets: Unraveling the mysteries of planets that are hotter than stars

Firstpost  

Until the early 2000s, the only known planets were located in our own neighbourhood, the Solar System. They broadly form two categories: the small rocky planets in the inner Solar System and the cold gaseous planets located in the outer part. For example, data from the Kepler mission has shown that large, gaseous exoplanets can orbit very close to their …

7 planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 may be made of similar stuff
4 years, 2 months ago

7 planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 may be made of similar stuff

India TV News  

The seven rocky planets orbiting the the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 have remarkably similar densities, which provides clues about their composition. The seven TRAPPIST-1 planets possess similar densities -- the values differ by no more than three per cent. The difference in density between the TRAPPIST-1 planets and Earth and Venus may seem small - about eight per cent - …

Astronomers discover exoplanet that behaves like long theorized Planet Nine
4 years, 3 months ago

Astronomers discover exoplanet that behaves like long theorized Planet Nine

Hindustan Times  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and European Space Agency’s Hubble Space Telescope have helped astronomers and astronauts identify a bizarre exoplanet that behaves a lot like the long hypothesised ‘Planet Nine’. However, for scientists to pinpoint the Jupiter-like planet’s orbit, the Hubble Space Telescope was required to collect accurate measurements of its motion over 14 years. Hubble scientists also …

Scientists find two dozen ‘superhabitable’ exoplanets located over 100 light-years away
4 years, 5 months ago

Scientists find two dozen ‘superhabitable’ exoplanets located over 100 light-years away

Firstpost  

Looking among the 4,500 known exoplanets, 24 planets were shortlisted that ranged from anywhere between five billion years and eight billion years old. In a study led by Washington State University9WSU) geobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch, two dozen exoplanets have been identified that are “super habitable” for living beings. They looked among the 4,500 known exoplanets and shortlisted those that range from …

Researchers find 24 planets more liveable than Earth
4 years, 5 months ago

Researchers find 24 planets more liveable than Earth

India Today  

Two dozen planets have been identified by researchers that may have conditions more suitable for life than Earth. The 24 top contenders for superhabitable planets are all more than 100 light years away, but Schulze-Makuch said the study could help focus future observation efforts, such as from NASA's James Web Space Telescope, the LUVIOR space observatory and the European Space …

Forty-five known exoplanets possess an Earth-like atmosphere
4 years, 6 months ago

Forty-five known exoplanets possess an Earth-like atmosphere

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have found at least 45 planets orbiting distant stars that possess Earth-like qualities including a similar atmosphere and life sustaining liquid water. Only 17 of the 55 planets in the catalogue met the criteria defined by the Swedish researchers for being 'Earth-like' but the team found another 28 planets on the wider exoplanet list that also met the criteria …

Algorithm finds 50 hidden planets missed by human scientists
4 years, 7 months ago

Algorithm finds 50 hidden planets missed by human scientists

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 artificial intelligence algorithm has discovered 50 new potential planets that were missed …

There may be six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy
4 years, 9 months ago

There may be six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy

Daily Mail  

Scientists have estimated that there are as many as six billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy capable of hosting alien life. Canadian astronomers claim there’s likely one Earth-like planet – with rocky terrain capable of hosting water and life – for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky Way. There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every …

There are around six billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy, say scientists
4 years, 9 months ago

There are around six billion Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy, say scientists

Firstpost  

To be considered Earth-like, a planet must be rocky, roughly Earth-sized and orbiting Sun-like stars and should orbit in the habitable zones of its star. A new study says that there could be as many as six billion Earth-like planets orbiting stars in our Galaxy. According to the study conducted by University of British Colombia astronomers using data from NASA’s …

Stunning video maps out all of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered by NASA
5 years, 8 months ago

Stunning video maps out all of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered by NASA

Daily Mail  

The Kepler mission has spotted thousands of exoplanets since 2014, with 30 planets less than twice the size of Earth now known to orbit within the habitable zones of their stars. Kepler-452b, dubbed 'Earth 2.0', shares many characteristics with our planet despite sitting 1,400 light years away. 2) The first planet found to orbit two stars Kepler found a planet …

Two planets that could support life discovered
5 years, 9 months ago

Two planets that could support life discovered

India TV News  

Two exoplanets that have been discovered, which are warm similar to Earth and may have water, could be good candidates to support life, according to a study on Tuesday. Images captured at the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, southern Spain, and two other Spanish telescopes allowed researchers to analyse, in great detail, the Teegarden star -- a cold red dwarf …

Four giant planets around young star discovered
6 years, 5 months ago

Four giant planets around young star discovered

India TV News  

Scientists have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets orbiting it, the first time that so many massive worlds have been detected in such a system. The star was already known to be remarkable because it contains the first so-called hot Jupiter -- a massive planet orbiting very close to its parent star — to have been …

More than 100 new exoplanets found as scientists hunt for 'second Earth'
7 years, 1 month ago

More than 100 new exoplanets found as scientists hunt for 'second Earth'

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 Scientists have found almost 100 new planets outside our solar system. The worlds …

Five-Exoplanet System Discovered, Thanks to Citizen Scientists
7 years, 2 months ago

Five-Exoplanet System Discovered, Thanks to Citizen Scientists

India Today  

Researchers have discovered the presence of a fifth planet in the family of four planets orbiting a distant star. The planet, named K2-138f, is one-tenth the distance that Earth is to the Sun and is one of the most closely packed planetary systems known to date. The planets, all rocky, range in size from 1.6 to 3.3 times the radius …

Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours
7 years, 3 months ago

Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours

Live Mint  

Miami: A solar system with as many planets as our own has been discovered with the help of NASA’s Kepler space telescope and artificial intelligence, the US space agency said. “Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star,” NASA said in a statement on Thursday. “The Kepler-90 star system is like a mini …

Yet another solar system with 8 planets discovered by NASA's AI
7 years, 3 months ago

Yet another solar system with 8 planets discovered by NASA's AI

India Today  

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday, December 14, announced that "our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light years from Earth." Our @NASAKepler mission's search for new planets teamed with machine learning to discover another solar …

KEPLER'S TOP FIVE FINDS
7 years, 3 months ago

KEPLER'S TOP FIVE FINDS

Daily Mail  

Launched in 2009, the Kepler telescope has helped in the search for planets outside of the solar system. Kepler-452b, dubbed 'Earth 2.0', shares many characteristics with our planet despite sitting 1,400 light years away. The object shares many characteristics with our planet despite sitting 1,400 light years away. 2) The first planet found to orbit two stars Kepler found a …

Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says
7 years, 3 months ago

Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says

CNN  

Story highlights For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting Kepler-90 It is tied with our solar system for a star hosting the most known planets CNN — For the first time, eight planets have been found orbiting a distant star, Kepler-90, 2,545 light-years from Earth in the Draco constellation, NASA announced Thursday. But Google Artificial Intelligence – …

NASA has discovered hundreds of potential new planets — and 10 may be like Earth
7 years, 4 months ago

NASA has discovered hundreds of potential new planets — and 10 may be like Earth

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. "We have taken our telescope, and we have counted up how many planets are similar …

NASA's Kepler discovers 10 new Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets
7 years, 9 months ago

NASA's Kepler discovers 10 new Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets

ABC  

NASA's planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have life on them. "It implies that Earth-size planets in the habitable zone around sun-like stars are not rare," said Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb, who was not part of the work. It is too early to know how …

Kepler analysis finds 219 additional exoplanet candidates, including 10 similar to Earth
7 years, 9 months ago

Kepler analysis finds 219 additional exoplanet candidates, including 10 similar to Earth

LA Times  

Are we alone in the universe? On Monday, mission scientists said the most sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of Kepler data yet added 219 exoplanet candidates to the list of thousands already discovered by the telescope. “It’s an important question for us, ‘Are we alone?’” said Mario Perez, Kepler program scientist in the astrophysics division at NASA. In this most recent …

The 7 TRAPPIST planets: All you want to know about our sister solar system
8 years ago

The 7 TRAPPIST planets: All you want to know about our sister solar system

India Today  

NASA recently discovered the existence of a neighbouring star system called TRAPPIST-1 with seven Earth-sized, rocky planets that might be able to support life. a year of TRAPPIST-1c would be 2.42 days long The planet orbits at a distance of 0.015 AU, which is 5.83 times the average Earth to Moon distance TRAPPIST-1c is about 1.06 times Earth's radius and …

Exoplanet discovery: Five facts you didn't know about Nasa’s new solar system
8 years, 1 month ago

Exoplanet discovery: Five facts you didn't know about Nasa’s new solar system

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa's announcement of the discovery of a new solar system including …

Nasa's discovery of 7 earth-sized exoplanets is a significant step in the search for alien lifeforms
8 years, 1 month ago

Nasa's discovery of 7 earth-sized exoplanets is a significant step in the search for alien lifeforms

Firstpost  

In a remarkable step towards answering the question “Are we alone in the universe”, astronomers have spotted a nearby star with seven Earth-size planets. In a remarkable step towards answering the question “Are we alone in the universe”, astronomers have spotted a nearby star with seven Earth-size planets which could harbour liquid water, key to life as we know it, …

1 In 3 Americans Would Move To An Alien Planet To Escape U.S. Politics
8 years, 1 month ago

1 In 3 Americans Would Move To An Alien Planet To Escape U.S. Politics

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — If it meant escaping the current political atmosphere, nearly 1 in 3 Americans say they’d be willing to leave Earth altogether. That’s according to a SurveyMonkey poll conducted Thursday, which found that 29 percent of U.S. adults would consider temporarily moving to one of the newly discovered Earth-like planets to avoid the next four years …

Nasa's 'holy grail': Solar system that could support alien life discovered
8 years, 1 month ago

Nasa's 'holy grail': Solar system that could support alien life discovered

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 Scientists have found a new solar system filled with planets that look like …

Scientists find a hot 'super-Earth' and 60 more planets, boosting chances of discovering life
8 years, 1 month ago

Scientists find a hot 'super-Earth' and 60 more planets, boosting chances of discovering life

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Astronomers have found 60 new planets near our own – boosting …

Exoplanet discovery: Watch to know more about inside world of Trappist-1 star and its orbiting planets
8 years, 1 month ago

Exoplanet discovery: Watch to know more about inside world of Trappist-1 star and its orbiting planets

Firstpost  

Nasa’s Spitzer Space Telescope has found seven Earth like exoplanets in orbit around a single ultracool white dwarf star. Three of the planets were initially identified as the exoplanets most suitable for life as we know it on Earth, by an international team of astronomers last year. The weather on these worlds would be more extreme than those on Earth, …

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-like planets orbiting Trappist-1, but exactly what is an exoplanet?
8 years, 1 month ago

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-like planets orbiting Trappist-1, but exactly what is an exoplanet?

Firstpost  

Seven Earth-like planets orbiting a small star in our Galaxy called Trappist-1, revealed Wednesday, are the most recent — and arguably the most spectacular — in a string of exoplanet discoveries going back 20 years. Paris: Seven Earth-like planets orbiting a small star in our Galaxy called Trappist-1, revealed Wednesday, are the most recent — and arguably the most spectacular …

7 Earth-size worlds found orbiting star, could hold life[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
8 years, 1 month ago

7 Earth-size worlds found orbiting star, could hold life[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

An artist's depiction shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, on one of seven newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system that scientists using the Spitzer Space Telescope and ground based telescopes have discovered according to NASA, in this illustration released February 22, 2017. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single …

Alien solar system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby dwarf star could be rich with water and life
8 years, 1 month ago

Alien solar system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting nearby dwarf star could be rich with water and life

ABC  

Seven Earth-sized planets, many of which could harbour life, have been discovered orbiting a dwarf star in our own galactic neighbourhood. Key points: System of seven planets orbiting a dwarf star 40-light years away contains the most Earth-sized planets ever seen The inner six of these planets are rocky like Earth Three or more could harbour oceans of water on …

Found: Seven rocky Earth-sized planets in orbit around a nearby star
8 years, 1 month ago

Found: Seven rocky Earth-sized planets in orbit around a nearby star

LA Times  

An artist’s impression shows the view just above the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets orbit this ultracool dwarf star 40 light-years from Earth, and they are all roughly the same size as the Earth. Explore 14 alien worlds with NASA’s whimsical travel posters » This video details a system of seven …

Astronomers Find 7 Earth-Size Planets Around A Nearby Star
8 years, 1 month ago

Astronomers Find 7 Earth-Size Planets Around A Nearby Star

NPR  

Astronomers Find 7 Earth-Size Planets Around A Nearby Star Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA/JPL-Caltech A small, faint star relatively close by is home to seven Earth-size planets with conditions that could be right for liquid water and maybe even life. The discovery sets a record for both the most Earth-size planets and the most potentially habitable planets ever …

Three giant exoplanets found orbiting twin stars
8 years, 6 months ago

Three giant exoplanets found orbiting twin stars

CNN  

Story highlights Researchers have found three giant Jupiter-sized exoplanets orbiting twin stars The stars are close together and metal-poor CNN — It’s beginning to look a lot like Star Wars in our universe. This year, we’ve already seen discoveries like a planet orbiting two stars, then there was a planet orbiting three stars and now, researchers at the Carnegie Institution …

Exoplanet hunter seeks life on other worlds
8 years, 9 months ago

Exoplanet hunter seeks life on other worlds

CNN  

CNN — The hunt for Earth-like planets has intensified as scientists search for potential life on other worlds. On Tuesday, Harvard University astronomy professor David Charbonneau was honored as one of three winners of the 2016 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists for his methods of discovering exoplanets. Since the discovery of thousands of exoplanets – worlds that orbit a …

Scientists confirm existence of 1,284 more Milky Way planets, including 9 that could be Earth-like
8 years, 10 months ago

Scientists confirm existence of 1,284 more Milky Way planets, including 9 that could be Earth-like

LA Times  

The Milky Way galaxy feels a little more crowded. After sifting through data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, scientists said Tuesday they’ve confirmed the existence of 1,284 planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy. “We now know that exoplanets are common, that most stars in our galaxy have planetary systems, and that a reasonable fraction of the stars in our …

NASA’s Kepler discovers 1,284 planets
8 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Kepler discovers 1,284 planets

CNN  

CNN — The Kepler mission has discovered 1,284 planets, the most exoplanets announced at one time, according to Princeton associate research scholar Timothy Morton during a NASA press conference. “Kepler is the first telescope for detecting small rocky planets in the habitable zone of their stars,” said Paul Hertz, Astrophysics Division director at NASA. Knowing this is the first step …

Three planets discovered orbiting nearby cool small star 'best places to look for life'
8 years, 10 months ago

Three planets discovered orbiting nearby cool small star 'best places to look for life'

ABC  

Astronomers have discovered three planets orbiting the habitable zone of an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth. Key points: First time planets have been detected around ultracool dwarf stars, which make up 15pc of the stars near the Sun Discovery pushes limits of current telescopes Newer telescopes will enable scientists to study the planets' atmosphere and mass The …

Three Earth-like planets discovered orbiting dwarf star
8 years, 10 months ago

Three Earth-like planets discovered orbiting dwarf star

CNN  

Story highlights Researchers have discovered three potentially habitable, Earth-like worlds orbiting a dwarf star The star and its planets are 40 light-years away in another star system CNN — For the first time, researchers have discovered three potentially habitable, Earth-like worlds orbiting an ultracool dwarf star 40 light-years away in another star system, according to a study published in the …

Three Earth-like planets discovered orbiting dwarf star
8 years, 10 months ago

Three Earth-like planets discovered orbiting dwarf star

CNN  

Story highlights Researchers have discovered three potentially habitable, Earth-like worlds orbiting a dwarf star The star and its planets are 40 light-years away in another star system CNN — For the first time, researchers have discovered three potentially habitable, Earth-like worlds orbiting an ultracool dwarf star 40 light-years away in another star system, according to a study published in the …

'Planet Nine': Evidence of new giant planet lurking beyond Neptune
9 years, 2 months ago

'Planet Nine': Evidence of new giant planet lurking beyond Neptune

ABC  

Our solar system may have a ninth planet about 10 times the mass of Earth far out beyond Neptune, astronomers say. Key points: Computer simulations suggest ninth planet is located 20 times farther away from the Sun than Neptune Planet is thought to be 10 times mass of Earth, 5,000 times the mass of Pluto It takes 10,000 - 20,000 …

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