[ad_1] Talk about it for your money – NASA's $ 337 million telescope has only been in orbit for five months and has already spotted two still unknown planets. Credit: NASA The …
Read More »NASA's TESS begins collecting planets
[ad_1] Somewhere among these grains of celestial sugar and puffs of cloudy powder, there is a planet, perhaps many planets, perhaps even Earth 2.0, which astronomers sometimes call the object of their …
Read More »Are brown dwarfs stars, planets or not?
[ad_1] The universe is filled with billions of massive celestial objects, from stars to planets, comets to asteroids. But what happens when lines are blurred between these classifications and we simply can …
Read More »How to design houses for extraterrestrial planets
[ad_1] Register for Our free email newsletters The first humans to set foot on Mars will be greeted by an unfamiliar and hostile climate: dust storms, freezing temperatures and intense radiation will …
Read More »Study Reveals Trappist-1 Planets Are Very Earth-Like and Could Accommodate Alien Life
[ad_1] In 2016, scientists discovered seven planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1, raising the hope that they could shelter life. Now, a new study has revealed that the seven planets …
Read More »European Whales Area Someone? Planets covered by deep oceans can still have life on them
[ad_1] In recent decades, astronomers have discovered many planets that they believe resemble the Earth, which means they seem terrestrial (ie, Rocky Mountains) and orbit at the right distance. . Unfortunately, recent …
Read More »August is an ideal month to contemplate the stars and planets – Twin Cities
[ad_1] I love this time of year because we still have a lot of summer and the nights are getting a little longer. There is almost a full hour of night and …
Read More »What's new in August: The brightest planets will be visible all month
[ad_1] The beginning of this month marks the middle of summer. The nights continue to lengthen as we slowly approach the fall, giving us more time under the stars and planets and …
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 »Beyond the weather: planets from mid-July
[ad_1] CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG-TV9) – The warmth and humidity are not a friend when you go out for a night watching the stars. The sky is not as clear as a …
Read More »