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Migration solves exoplanet puzzle
Feb 12, 2024 (SPX)
"Six years ago, a reanalysis of data from the Kepler space telescope revealed a shortage of exoplanets with sizes around two Earth radii," Remo Burn explains, a...
Carbon Monoxide Dynamics Offer New Insights into Exoplanet Habitability
Feb 08, 2024 (SPX)
Published in the Astrophysical Journal on January 10, 2024, their research illuminates the significance of carbon monoxide (CO) in the atmospheric conditions of...
What Kind of World is LHS 1140b
Feb 06, 2024 (SPX)
The star named LHS 1140 has become quite popular among exoplanet astronomers in the last seven years, and for good reason. While not quite as famous as its spot...
Direct detection of amino acids and hydrocarbons in meteorites
Feb 05, 2024 (SPX)
This discovery, detailed in Nature Communications, sheds new light on the molecular precursors to life on Earth and offers a novel methodology for studying extr...
Researchers spying for signs of life among exoplanet atmospheres
Feb 02, 2024 (SPX)
A new paper published in Astronomical Journal, details how a team of astronomers from The Ohio State University examined upcoming telescopes' ability to detect ...
Ice and fire: Antarctic volcano may hold clues to life on Mars
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
The horseshoe-shaped isle in the South Shetland Islands is the only place in the world where ships can sail into the caldera of an active volcano. In the waters...
TESS finds Super-Earth in habitable zone around nearby red dwarf
Feb 01, 2024 (SPX)
TOI-715 b, approximately 137 light-years away, is a planet that challenges our current understanding of planetary formation and habitability. With a diameter ab...
NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test
Feb 01, 2024 (SPX)
"This is such an important and nerve-wracking stage of building a spacecraft instrument, testing whether or not everything works as intended," said Feng Zhao, d...
UC Irvine-led team unravels mysteries of planet formation and evolution in distant solar system
Jan 29, 2024 (SPX)
In a paper published in The Astronomical Journal, the researchers share the results of the TESS-Keck Survey, providing a thorough description of the exoplanets ...
NASA's Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet's Atmosphere
Jan 26, 2024 (SPX)
"This would be the first time that we can directly show through an atmospheric detection, that these planets with water-rich atmospheres can actually exist arou...
Revolutionizing Chemistry: Over 4 Billion Early-Life Reactions Simulated via Blockchain
Jan 25, 2024 (SPX)
Led by senior author Bartosz A. Grzybowski of the Korea Institute for Basic Science and the Polish Academy of Sciences, the research team embarked on a journey ...
New Insights into Earth's Earliest Life Forms Discovered in Palaeoarchaean Rock Samples
Jan 25, 2024 (SPX)
These ancient rocks, among the oldest on Earth's surface, have been a source of intrigue for scientists seeking to understand the origins and evolution of life....
Shallow soda lakes show promise as cradles of life on Earth
Jan 23, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists have known that under the right conditions, the complex molecules of life can emerge spontaneously. As recently fictionalized in the blockbuster hit ...
Key moment in the evolution of life on Earth captured in fossils
Jan 16, 2024 (SPX)
Lead author PhD student Anthony Clarke, from the Timescales of Mineral Systems Group within Curtin's School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, said to determine t...
ASU talk will examine ethical questions surrounding life in space
Jan 15, 2024 (SPX)
These questions and more will be tackled at an upcoming BioEthics Breakfast Club talk titled "Life in Space." The event takes place from 9 to 10 a.m. on Wednesd...
Study uncovers potential origins of life in ancient hot springs
Jan 15, 2024 (SPX)
Scientists at Newcastle University found that by mixing hydrogen, bicarbonate, and iron-rich magnetite under conditions mimicking relatively mild hydrothermal v...
Earth-sized planet discovered in 'our solar backyard'
Jan 15, 2024 (SPX)
The new planet was described in a new study published this week by The Astronomical Journal. Melinda Soares-Furtado, a NASA Hubble Fellow at the University of W...
Astronomers make rare exoplanet discovery
Jan 12, 2024 (SPX)
The findings include a planet with radius and mass between that of the Earth and Neptune, with a potential orbit around its host star of 146 days. The star syst...
Discovery Alert: Earth-sized Planet Has a 'Lava Hemisphere'
Jan 11, 2024 (SPX)
The tidally locked planet is very close to Earth size (it is approximately 1.1 times the diameter of our own planet) and it's orbiting a star that's similar to ...
Old stars may be the best places to search for life, new study suggests
Jan 11, 2024 (SPX)
Stars like the Sun are born spinning rapidly, which creates a strong magnetic field that can erupt violently, bombarding their planetary systems with charged pa...
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