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NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years
3 months ago

NASA convinced an American author we’ll find life on another planet — in next 25 years

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 Pulitzer Prize finalist Dave Eggers says a trip to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory …

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Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System
5 months 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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I'm an ex-NASA scientist - these are the planets where alien life really could exist
7 months, 2 weeks ago

I'm an ex-NASA scientist - these are the planets where alien life really could exist

Daily Mail  

A water world ruled by octopus-like creatures. 'The octopus-like creatures, heptapods, envisioned in the Ted Chiang's 1998 science-fiction novella Story of Your Life, the basis of the 2016 movie Arrival, cross my mind when I think about large ocean worlds,' Dr. Kaltenegger said of exoplanets Kepler 62-e and Kepler 62-f In the 2016 sci-fi drama, from director Denis Villeneuve of …

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2023 was a landmark year for exoplanet discoveries, including many that could harbor alien life
1 year ago

2023 was a landmark year for exoplanet discoveries, including many that could harbor alien life

Salon  

Up until the mid 1990s, astronomers didn't know for certain if there were any planets outside of our own solar system. 01 Scientists discover potentially habitable TOI 700 e Located about 100 light-years away, scientists announced this year that they believe the exoplanet TOI 700 e could be habitable for life. While three other planets have also been discovered in …

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Why alien life could be thriving on the "terminator line" of exoplanets
1 year ago

Why alien life could be thriving on the "terminator line" of exoplanets

Salon  

In distant galaxies exist stars that are smaller and cooler than our own Sun. “Overall, the lack of abundant surface water in these simulations could pose a challenge for life to arise under these conditions, but mechanisms, including glacier flow, could allow for sufficient surface water accumulation to sustain locally moist and temperate climates at or near the terminator,” the …

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Incredible image reveals the moment two icy exoplanets COLLIDED 1,800 light-years away - releasing an enormous cloud of dust
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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Astronomers discover an exoplanet 400 light-years away with a 'SIBLING' that shares its orbit
1 year, 5 months ago

Astronomers discover an exoplanet 400 light-years away with a 'SIBLING' that shares its orbit

Daily Mail  

They are known as the 'unicorns' of the astronomy world. In the same orbit as PDS 70b, is a cloud of debris which could be the building blocks of a new planet or the remnants of one already formed WHAT ARE TROJAN OR CO-ORBITAL PLANETS? There are two of these regions in a planet's orbit where the combined gravitational pull …

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'Evolution of massive exoplanets': Indian scientists discover giant alien planet 13 times bigger than Jupiter
1 year, 6 months ago

'Evolution of massive exoplanets': Indian scientists discover giant alien planet 13 times bigger than Jupiter

India TV News  

A team of scientists headed by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad has discovered the densest alien planet, which is 13 times bigger than Jupiter. The densest alien planet, 13 times larger than Jupiter, has been discovered by an international group of researchers led by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad. According to …

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Mighty Discovery: The alien planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter
1 year, 6 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 …

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New exoplanet research indicates how volcanoes could generate alien life on other worlds
1 year, 6 months ago

New exoplanet research indicates how volcanoes could generate alien life on other worlds

Salon  

Astronomers have discovered yet another exoplanet to add to their growing list of other worlds that exist outside of our solar system. "The Earth's atmosphere is actually getting blown away by the Sun, always, constantly, especially when the Sun is very active," Kane said. "Those periods of solar activity can blow away parts of the Earth's atmosphere, so the atmosphere …

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Nothing to do, planet Earth is blue
1 year, 9 months ago

Nothing to do, planet Earth is blue

Live Mint  

How many planets do we know about? There are different techniques, but perhaps the most common—meaning the method that has found us the most exoplanets so far—is known as “transit photometry". One explanation for that is that an object between us and the star has appeared to travel across—“transit"—the face of the star. Or the planet might be so small …

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Google's Bard, AI chatbot and rival to ChatGPT, offers inaccurate ad: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Google's Bard, AI chatbot and rival to ChatGPT, offers inaccurate ad: Report

Hindustan Times  

Google published an online The tech giant posted a short GIF video of Bard in action via Twitter, describing the chatbot as a "launchpad for curiosity" that would help simplify complex topics. In the Bard responds with a number of answers, including one suggesting the JWST was used to take the very first pictures of a planet outside the Earth’s …

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Google AI chatbot Bard offers inaccurate information in company ad
1 year, 10 months ago

Google AI chatbot Bard offers inaccurate information in company ad

Live Mint  

LONDON :Google published an online The tech giant posted a short GIF video of Bard in action via Twitter, describing the chatbot as a "launchpad for curiosity" that would help simplify complex topics. In the Bard responds with a number of answers, including one suggesting the JWST was used to take the very first pictures of a planet outside the …

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Explained | The James Webb telescope’s confirmation of its first exoplanet
1 year, 11 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 …

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James Webb Space Telescope detects molecules transformed by sunlight in exoplanet's atmosphere
2 years ago

James Webb Space Telescope detects molecules transformed by sunlight in exoplanet's atmosphere

ABC  

Astronomers have detected molecules transformed by sunlight in the atmosphere of an alien planet for the first time. Key points: The full chemical signature of the atmosphere around an exoplanet has been analysed It revealed a process known to occur on planets in our Solar System, including Earth Astronomers hope the James Webb Space Telescope may be able detect similar …

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Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself
2 years, 3 months ago

Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself

The Hindu  

Astronomers now routinely discover planets orbiting stars outside of the solar system – they’re called exoplanets. It would seem logical to focus the search for life on Earth clones – planets with properties close to Earth’s. Super-Earths are super habitable Over 300 years ago, German philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz argued that Earth was the “best of all possible worlds.” Leibniz’s …

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How common are water-containing exoplanets?
2 years, 3 months ago

How common are water-containing exoplanets?

The Hindu  

A new study suggests that many more planets may have large amounts of water than previously thought — as much as half water and half rock. "It was a surprise to see evidence for so many water worlds orbiting the most common type of star in the galaxy," Rafael Luque from the University of Chicago said in a release. Instead, …

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Many alien worlds could host more water — on the rocks — than scientist thought
2 years, 3 months ago

Many alien worlds could host more water — on the rocks — than scientist thought

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. New research looking into the properties of certain exoplanets — planets orbiting stars other than our Sun …

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James Webb makes first ever detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet's atmosphere
2 years, 3 months ago

James Webb makes first ever detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet's atmosphere

Daily Mail  

NASA's James Webb telescope has detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system for the first time. Discovery: NASA's James Webb telescope has detected carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system for the first time. This illustration shows what exoplanet WASP-39 b could look like A transmission spectrum of the …

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Competition launched to name the 20 exoplanets that the James Webb Space Telescope is set to study
2 years, 4 months ago

Competition launched to name the 20 exoplanets that the James Webb Space Telescope is set to study

Daily Mail  

Forget Boaty McBoatface, your chance to name an alien world has finally arrived! An international competition has been launched to name 20 exoplanets that will be studied by the James Webb Space Telescope. Pictured: The 20 exoplanetary systems to be named in the competition, that are among the first targets of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Proposed names 'should be …

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The brightest stars in the sky are tearing planets apart, study finds
2 years, 4 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 …

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Science for All | Scientists discover a new super-earth, just 37 light-years away
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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Astronomers discover closest rocky ‘super Earth’ planets yet
2 years, 5 months ago

Astronomers discover closest rocky ‘super Earth’ planets yet

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’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or Tess, recently spotted two new rocky, Earth-like …

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China wants to find Earth 2.0. Beijing has a plan
2 years, 8 months ago

China wants to find Earth 2.0. Beijing has a plan

India Today  

Known for technological ingenuity and bold missions that have taken them to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, China has plans to go farther and deeper into space. Earth 2.0 as the mission is being called, aims to find a similar planet to the one we currently inhabit, which is also predicted to face catastrophic situations in the coming decades. Our …

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