Tag Archives: exoplanet

[ad_1] A team of international researchers, made up of scientists from Canada, the United States and Germany, reported that, based on data collected by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, they had discovered an …

[ad_1] When astronomers search for exoplanets, they usually search for planets whose temperature is sufficient to support liquid water on their surface and which must have a habitable atmosphere. Such planets are …

[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] An exoplanet twice the size of the Earth, known as the Wolf 503b, was found only 145 light-years away from our planet. The researchers noted that Wolf 503b is interesting not …

[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] 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] Wolf 503b, an exoplanet twice the size of Earth, was discovered by an international team of Canadian, American and German researchers using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. The discovery is …