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[ad_1] When Merrin Peterson began her MSc in physics at the University of Montreal last year, she could not have predicted that she would discover a whole new exoplanet in such a …

[ad_1] Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet 145 light-years away from the constellation Virgo. Wolf 503b is a potential super-Earth. Here are the other reasons why astronomers find this planet interesting. ( …

[ad_1] Scientists using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, recently awake from a sleep intended to conserve a valuable fuel, found Wolf 503b, an exoplanet about twice the size of the Earth, …

[ad_1] When astronomers are looking for exoplanets, the real goal is to find a distant world that could be in the habitable zone according to scientists. These planets, which are just the …

[ad_1] Image credit: Outer Places, adapted from NASA photo Using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, a graduate student and an international team of researchers discovered an exoplanet twice as large as …

[ad_1] Millennia ago, former farmers cleared land for wheat and corn, potatoes and squash. They flooded the fields to grow rice. They started raising livestock. And without knowing it, they may have …

[ad_1] Scientists have discovered an ultra-fast particle jet that only departs 20 ° from the line connecting the neutron star and the Earth. Although its own speed is only slightly less than …

[ad_1] A new exoplanet almost twice as big as the Earth was discovered in the constellation of the Virgin, some 145 light-years away from us. The exoplanet, named Wolf 503b, was detected …

[ad_1] A size comparison of (L to R) the Earth, Wolf 503b and Neptune. The blue color for Wolf 503b is imaginary; nothing is still known about the atmosphere or the surface …

[ad_1] A size comparison of (L to R) the Earth, Wolf 503b and Neptune. The blue color for Wolf 503b is imaginary; nothing is still known about the atmosphere or the surface …