[ad_1] <! – -> Artist concept of Ross 128B, orbiting a red dwarf star just 11 light-years away. Image via ESO / M. Kornmesser. Of all the exoplanets discovered today, some of …
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The TESS spacecraft has already found two potential exoplanets
[ad_1] Just months after the start of its missions, NASA's brand new TESS spacecraft found two exciting exoplanet candidates. The first potential exoplanet is about twice as large as the Earth and …
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[ad_1] TESS Mission Chief, MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager, made an exciting announcement. NASA's Exoplanets Survey Satellite (TESS) has successfully started operations and has already found two new exoplanet candidates, returning the information …
Read More »NASA should conduct a large, direct imaging mission to study Earth-like exoplanets, according to a new report
[ad_1] To answer important questions about planetary systems, such as the scarcity of our solar system or the existence of planets other than Earth, NASA should conduct a vast mission of direct …
Read More »Twice the size of the Earth: a new discovery for exoplanets ideal for detailed characterization.
[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 …
Read More »New report calls on NASA to improve the search for exoplanets
[ad_1] Is our solar system a cosmic rarity or a galactic place? How do earth-like planets form and how do they determine if they are habitable? Is there life on other worlds? …
Read More »NASA's Webb Space Telescope Will Inspect Gaseous Giant Exoplanets Atmospheres
[ad_1] This is an artist impression of the extrasolar planet of the size of Jupiter, HD 189733b, overshadowed by its parent star. Credits: ESA, NASA, Mr. Kornmesser (ESA / Hubble) and STScI …
Read More »Scientists at the Nexus for NASA's exoplanets system evaluate how to distinguish life on other planets
[ad_1] NExSS scientists aim to create a framework for researching biosignatures on other planets that show if they have the potential to shelter life. Over a short period of the last 10 …
Read More »10 of the strangest exoplanets in the universe
[ad_1] Exoplanets are planets that lie beyond our own solar system and revolve around other stars at light-years away. Over the past two decades, thousands have been discovered, most of them with …
Read More »The two Earth-like exoplanets that can have stable seasons and climates
[ad_1] When they are looking for exoplanets that could potentially support life, astronomers start with those who are orbiting the "habitable zone" – the distance from the parent star that allows the …
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