First image of 2 exoplanets orbiting a sun-like star released
4 years, 8 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 image exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, in optical and near-infrared light. A similar environment The two gas giant exoplanets were first found orbiting the young, sun-like star earlier this year. “The possibility that future instruments, such as those available on the ELT, will be able to detect even lower-mass planets around this star marks an important milestone in understanding multi-planet systems, with potential implications for the history of our own Solar System,” said Alexander Bohn, lead study author and postdoctoral student at Leiden University in the Netherlands, in a statement.

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Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System
8 months, 2 weeks 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 …

New Earth-sized planet discovered next to star that will outlive the Sun
10 months, 2 weeks ago

New Earth-sized planet discovered next to star that will outlive the Sun

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 an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a star with a lifespan 100 …

Incredible image reveals the moment two icy exoplanets COLLIDED 1,800 light-years away - releasing an enormous cloud of dust
1 year, 5 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 …

Astronomers discover exoplanet that may have a sibling sharing the same orbit
1 year, 8 months ago

Astronomers discover exoplanet that may have a sibling sharing the same orbit

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. The discovery would be the strongest evidence yet that two exoplanets – planets outside our …

Mighty Discovery: The alien planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter
1 year, 10 months ago

Mighty Discovery: The alien planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter

Firstpost  

A team of international scientists led by an Indian professor at Ahmedabad’s Physical Research Laboratory has detected an exoplanet that has the highest known density so far. “The discovery of this massive exoplanet was made using the indigenously made PRL Advanced Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search spectrograph at the 1.2 m telescope of PRL at its Gurushikhar Observatory in Mt. Earlier, NASA’s …

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

Explained | The James Webb telescope’s confirmation of its first exoplanet
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | The James Webb telescope’s confirmation of its first exoplanet

The Hindu  

The story so far: After a spectacular first set of images last year, including those of the birthplaces and deathbeds of stars, and the cosmic waltz of galaxies, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful one ever launched into space, began its year by confirming an exoplanet. According to NASA, more than …

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 …

The Webb telescope could find aliens in the glare of white dwarf suns, scientists say
2 years, 5 months ago

The Webb telescope could find aliens in the glare of white dwarf suns, scientists say

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 a new paper detailed in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society and available online …

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 …

NASA’s James Webb telescope captures first image of planet outside Milky Way
2 years, 7 months ago

NASA’s James Webb telescope captures first image of planet outside Milky Way

The Hindu  

The James Webb space telescope has taken its first image of an exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – as astronomers hail the device’s performance since its launch last year. pic.twitter.com/En3zsZa0Wc — NASA Webb Telescope September 1, 2022 Exoplanet HIP 65426b is six to 12 times the mass of Jupiter The HIP 65426 b exoplanet is six to …

Nasa reveals first ever image of planet outside our solar system taken by Webb telescope
2 years, 7 months ago

Nasa reveals first ever image of planet outside our solar system taken by Webb telescope

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 The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first direct images of a …

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Captures Its First Image Of An Exoplanet
2 years, 7 months ago

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Captures Its First Image Of An Exoplanet

ABP News  

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct image of a planet outside the solar system, known as an exoplanet. Webb, the world's most powerful space telescope, imaged the exoplanet HIP 65426b using four different light filters. pic.twitter.com/WbtDZFcu63 — Sasha Hinkley September 1, 2022 Webb Has Captured The Exoplanet In Four Different Bands Of Light The exoplanet's purple-coloured …

New space telescope shows Jupiter's auroras, tiny moons
2 years, 7 months ago

New space telescope shows Jupiter's auroras, tiny moons

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world’s newest and biggest …

Jupiter’s auroras shine in new images from James Webb Space Telescope
2 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter’s auroras shine in new images from James Webb Space Telescope

LA Times  

This false color composite image of Jupiter was obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 27, 2022. The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is seeing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in late July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and southern lights, and swirling polar haze. NASA …

The brightest stars in the sky are tearing planets apart, study finds
2 years, 7 months ago

The brightest stars in the sky are tearing planets apart, study finds

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 The brightest stars in the night sky are ripping planets apart, according to …

Nasa releases first Webb Telescope images of Jupiter
2 years, 8 months ago

Nasa releases first Webb Telescope images of Jupiter

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 Nasa has released the first James Webb Space Telescope images from our own …

Ahmedabad-based scientists discover star-planet bigger than Jupiter
3 years, 4 months ago

Ahmedabad-based scientists discover star-planet bigger than Jupiter

Hindustan Times  

The exoplanet search and study group at the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory, has discovered a new exoplanet orbiting too close to an evolved or aging star with a mass of 1.5 times that of Sun and located 725 light years away, according to Indian Space Research Organisation. A new star planet has been discovered orbiting too close to an evolved …

First planet outside Milky Way Galaxy detected: Saturn-like object is orbiting a black hole
3 years, 5 months ago

First planet outside Milky Way Galaxy detected: Saturn-like object is orbiting a black hole

India Today  

Objects hanging in the vacuum of the cosmos orbiting a star have been detected throughout the galaxy, these exoplanets have been a source of enhancing our understanding of the conditions beyond our solar system. Astronomers have now gone a step further and detected the first planet not just beyond the solar system but beyond the entire stretch of the Milky …

NASA discovers first possible planet outside our galaxy
3 years, 5 months ago

NASA discovers first possible planet outside our galaxy

CNN  

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Chris Smith /NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center This artist's illustration depicts the rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b, which orbits a red dwarf star located 26 light-years away from Earth. Patricia Klein/MPIA This artist's impression shows a close-up view of Proxima d, a planet candidate recently found orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima …

Jupiter visible tonight: The best time to see the planet at opposition
3 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter visible tonight: The best time to see the planet at opposition

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 Jupiter is set to be in opposition, with the largest planet in our …

Astronomers discover a moon-forming disc around a giant Jupiter-like exoplanet
3 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers discover a moon-forming disc around a giant Jupiter-like exoplanet

Daily Mail  

The birth of moons surrounding a distant Jupiter-like Exoplanet has been observed for the first time, giving astronomers insight into early planetary systems. The planet, named PDS 70c, is in orbit around the very young 5.4 million-year-old star PDS 70, which is three quarters the mass of the Sun, and is still in the process of forming new planets - …

Nasa says newly-discovered exoplanet could have water clouds and a ‘tail’
3 years, 9 months ago

Nasa says newly-discovered exoplanet could have water clouds and a ‘tail’

Hindustan Times  

Astronomers have discovered an exoplanet located 90 light-years away from Earth with a potentially rich atmosphere that may contain water clouds. Nasa said that the newly discovered exoplanet is more than three-and-a half times as big as Earth, calling it “oddly reminiscent” of Neptune. Nasa said that the exoplanet could offer scientists the chance to capture a “bar-code” type reading …

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago
4 years, 2 months ago

NASA's Hubble Shares Photos of Jupiter's Auroras, Taken Over 23 Years Ago

News 18  

Watching auroras on Earth seemed to have become too common, it seems. Maybe, that is the reason why the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Hubble Telescope shared a breathtaking picture of how auroras look on Jupiter. Throwing it way back to 23 years ago on Thursday, NASA’s Hubble telescope shared pictures of Jupiter auroras that were captured in 1998. In …

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 …

Astronomers spot 2 planets orbiting a red dwarf star
4 years, 5 months ago

Astronomers spot 2 planets orbiting a red dwarf star

India Today  

Astronomers have found a "peculiar pair" of planets orbiting around a red dwarf star called TOI-1266. "There's something on the order of a trillion planets in our galaxy alone, many of them in Earth’s size range," National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. "Compared to the planets in our solar system, TOI-1266 b and c are much closer to their star …

Astronomers capture first direct image of an exoplanet located some 63 light-years from Earth
4 years, 5 months ago

Astronomers capture first direct image of an exoplanet located some 63 light-years from Earth

Daily Mail  

Astronomers from the Max Planck institutes has confirmed the existence of an Exoplanet in another star system some 63 light years away from Earth – and have shared a picture to prove it. Called b Pictoris c, the planet was captured using the radial velocity method that detects exoplanets, along with the Very Large Telescopes in Chile that allowed experts …

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 …

Alien 'Jupiter' Planet With Ridiculously Hot Temperature Spotted Orbiting Far in Cosmic Space
4 years, 5 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 …

In a first, photos capture baby planets orbiting Sun-like star
4 years, 8 months ago

In a first, photos capture baby planets orbiting Sun-like star

India TV News  

In a first of its kind discovery, NASA scientists have captured direct images of another multi-planet system, much like our own, orbiting a star, much like our sun. These two planets – TYC 8998-760-1 b and now, c – are considered the first multi-planet system to be directly imaged around a Sun-like star. The extreme youth of this system is …

Telescope snaps family portrait of two planets around baby sun
4 years, 8 months ago

Telescope snaps family portrait of two planets around baby sun

LA Times  

This image shows the young, sunlike star TYC 8998-760-1, upper left, and two giant exoplanets that are about 300 light-years away from Earth. For the first time, a telescope has captured a family portrait of another solar system with not just one, but two planets posing directly for the camera while orbiting a star like our sun. The work published …

First ever picture of a multiplanetary system like our own released
4 years, 8 months ago

First ever picture of a multiplanetary system like our own released

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 released the first ever picture of a solar system like our …

Astronomers take photo of giant planets orbiting Sun-like star
4 years, 8 months ago

Astronomers take photo of giant planets orbiting Sun-like star

Daily Mail  

The first ever photo of two planets orbiting a Sun-like star 309-light years from the Earth has been captured by astronomers using a ground-based telescope. The other dots are background stars not planets The two gas giants are much larger and much further away from their host star than Jupiter or Saturn are in the Solar System, according to researchers. …

Astronomers discover two super-Earth exoplanets, orbiting a star, 11 light-years away
4 years, 9 months ago

Astronomers discover two super-Earth exoplanets, orbiting a star, 11 light-years away

Firstpost  

A group of astronomers working on the Red Dots project observed the star using the European Southern Observatory in Chile for three months. Astronomers have discovered two super-Earth exoplanets that are orbiting a star 11 light-years away from Earth. The report added that a group of astronomers working on the Red Dots project observed the star using the European Southern …

A cold Neptune and two super-Earths are among newly found exoplanets around nearby stars
5 years, 2 months ago

A cold Neptune and two super-Earths are among newly found exoplanets around nearby stars

CNN  

CNN — Five exoplanets and eight planet candidates have been found around nearby stars, including a “cold Neptune” and two super-Earths that are potentially habitable, according to a new study. The two super-Earths, GJ180d and GJ229Ac, were found around small red dwarf stars that are 19 and 40 light-years away from our sun, while the cold Neptune was found around …

Star system 30-light-years from Earth stumps astronomers, defies past theories about planet formation
5 years, 6 months ago

Star system 30-light-years from Earth stumps astronomers, defies past theories about planet formation

Firstpost  

Scientists think a second planet also orbits the star, and a third, that was ejected from the system billions of years ago. Scientists are expressing surprise after discovering a solar system 30 light-years away from Earth that defies current understanding about planet formation, with a large Jupiter-like planet orbiting a diminutive star known as a red dwarf. The star, called …

Giant exoplanet is ‘like a wrecking ball,’ astronomers say
5 years, 7 months ago

Giant exoplanet is ‘like a wrecking ball,’ astronomers say

CNN  

CNN — Astronomers have discovered an unlikely exoplanet with the strangest orbit they’ve ever witnessed more than 100 light-years away, according to a new study. It makes me wonder how many other stars have massive planets on these slingshot orbits and we usually miss them.” The exoplanet’s very elliptical orbit is not unusual for giant planets around other stars, but …

NASA's space telescopes help identify Earth-like exoplanet 48.6 light-years away
5 years, 7 months ago

NASA's space telescopes help identify Earth-like exoplanet 48.6 light-years away

Firstpost  

The exoplanet is 1.3 times larger than Earth and is locked in a tight orbit around a small, relatively cool star. The planet lies about 48.6 light-years from Earth and is one of more than 4,000 so-called exoplanets identified over the past two decades circling distant stars in our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Known to astronomers as LHS 3844b, …

Second exoplanet found around a curious star
5 years, 7 months ago

Second exoplanet found around a curious star

CNN  

CNN — Astronomers have discovered a second exoplanet hiding out in an intriguing star system. In 2009, the star was discovered to be orbited by a giant gas planet dubbed Beta Pictoris b. The planet is seven times more massive than Jupiter and orbits its star at the same distance as Saturn orbits our sun, though Beta Pictoris b orbits …

Jupiter’s new portrait snapped by Hubble
5 years, 7 months ago

Jupiter’s new portrait snapped by Hubble

CNN  

CNN — Each year, the Hubble Space Telescope spends some time looking at the outer planets of our solar system. Hubble participates in the Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy program, and these images of the outer planets help scientists study the giant planets and their atmospheres. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals the intricate, detailed beauty of Jupiter's clouds. Bands of …

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 …

Astronomers spy two growing exoplanets in photograph
5 years, 9 months ago

Astronomers spy two growing exoplanets in photograph

CNN  

CNN — Astronomers have photographed two juvenile exoplanets that are still growing as they orbit a young star 370 light-years from Earth. And carving out a wide gap within that disk are the two planets, PDS 70 b and PDS 70 c. The gap is between 1.9 and 3.8 billion miles. “This is the first unambiguous detection of a two-planet …

First exoplanet Kepler spotted by NASA's space telescope finally confirmed
6 years ago

First exoplanet Kepler spotted by NASA's space telescope finally confirmed

India TV News  

First exoplanet Kepler spotted by NASA's space telescope finally confirmed The exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days, said researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US. Ten years after it was launched, the first exoplanet candidate spotted by NASA's Kepler space telescope has finally been confirmed as …

NASA Kepler's first exoplanet discovery ten years ago now confirmed as a real world
6 years ago

NASA Kepler's first exoplanet discovery ten years ago now confirmed as a real world

Firstpost  

The exoplanet Kepler-1658b is a massive ‘hot Jupiter’ that whips around its star every 3.85 days. The exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days, said researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US. “Our new analysis, which uses stellar sound waves observed in the Kepler data to characterize …

Kepler’s first exoplanet has been confirmed, 10 years after discovery
6 years ago

Kepler’s first exoplanet has been confirmed, 10 years after discovery

CNN  

CNN — Ten years after the Kepler Space Telescope launched and revolutionized exoplanet discovery, Kepler-1658 b has finally been confirmed as the first exoplanet that the mission ever detected. Then, University of Hawai’i graduate student Ashley Chontos focused her first year graduate research project on re-analyzing host stars of Kepler planet candidates. “We alerted Dave Latham and his team collected …

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 …

Astronomers spot the first ever 'exomoon' orbiting a distant world
6 years, 5 months ago

Astronomers spot the first ever 'exomoon' orbiting a distant world

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 might have spotted the first ever "exomoon" orbiting around a distant world. …

A moon the size of NEPTUNE that orbits a giant planet 8,000 light-years away
6 years, 5 months ago

A moon the size of NEPTUNE that orbits a giant planet 8,000 light-years away

Daily Mail  

Astronomers have found evidence of the first moon to exist beyond our solar system. The gargantuan 'exomoon' is similar in size to the gas giant Neptune and orbits a planet 8,000 light years away called Kepler-1625b. It is the most powerful telescope ever built and the researchers observed the entire 19-hour journey of Kepler 1625b in front of its star …

First suspected ‘exomoon’ discovered 8,000 light-years away
6 years, 6 months ago

First suspected ‘exomoon’ discovered 8,000 light-years away

CNN  

Story highlights Astronomers have found compelling evidence of the first exomoon discovery The Neptune-sized moon orbits a gas giant exoplanet in a star system 8,000 light-years away CNN — For the first time, astronomers have discovered what could be an exomoon, a moon outside our solar system. “This would be the first case of detecting a moon outside our solar …

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