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Where Did the Hot Neptunes Go
Dec 17, 2018 (SPX)
This observation strengthens the theory that hot Neptunes have lost much of their atmosphere and turned into smaller planets called super-Earths, which are much...
Hubble finds faraway planet vanishing at record speed
Dec 14, 2018 (SPX)
In their quest to learn more about far-away planets beyond our own solar system, astronomers discovered that a medium-sized planet roughly the size of Neptune, ...
UNLV study unlocks clues to how planets form
Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)
To help answer these and other intriguing questions, a team of UNLV and international astronomers has conducted the first large-sample, high-resolution survey o...
Common ground discovered in planet-forming disks
Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)
Rice astronomer Andrea Isella proposed several years ago to mount a major study of disks observed around stars by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Arr...
The epoch of planet formation, times twenty
Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)
To help answer these and other intriguing questions, a team of astronomers has conducted ALMA's first large-scale, high-resolution survey of protoplanetary disk...
Life in Deep Earth totals 15 to 23 billion tons of carbon
Dec 11, 2018 (SPX)
On the eve of the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting, scientists with the Deep Carbon Observatory have reported several transformational discoveries, i...
An exoplanet loses its atmosphere in the form of a tail
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
To detect the atmosphere of the giant exoplanet WASP-69b the scientists used the CARMENES instrument, which is installed on the 3.5-meter telescope of the Calar...
Helium exoplanet inflated like a balloon, research shows
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
An international team of researchers, including Jessica Spake and Dr David Sing from the University of Exeter, have detected the inert gas escaping from the atm...
Unknown treasure trove of planets found hiding in dust
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
Observing a sampling of young stars in a star-forming region in the constellation Taurus, researchers found many of them to be surrounded by structures that can...
An exoplanet inflated like a balloon
Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)
The team, this time led by Genevan researchers, has observed in detail and for the first time how this gas escapes from the overheated atmosphere of an exoplane...
Radio Search for Artificial Emissions from 'Oumuamua
Dec 05, 2018 (SPX)
Scientists at the SETI Institute have attempted to address this question by using the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) to observe 'Oumuamua when it was about 170 mil...
Telescopes Reveal More Than 100 Exoplanets
Dec 03, 2018 (SPX)
Exoplanets, planets that revolve around stars other than the Sun, have been actively researched in recent years. One of the reasons is the success of the Kepler...
Oxygen could have been available to life as early as 3.5 billion years ago
Nov 28, 2018 (SPX)
The finding could change ideas of how and when complex life evolved on Earth, and how likely it is that it could evolve on other planets. Oxygen in the Earth's ...
Bacteria Likely to Soon Infect ISS Crew Found to Be Antibiotic-Resistant
Nov 27, 2018 (Sputnik)
JPL-NASA scientists have identified a highly unwelcome guest thriving on board the International Space station - strains of Enterobacter, and what's most worryi...
New Climate Models of TRAPPIST-1's Seven Intriguing Worlds
Nov 26, 2018 (SPX)
The work also could help astronomers more effectively study planets around stars unlike our Sun, and better use the limited, expensive resources of the James We...
Exoplanet mission launch slot announced
Nov 26, 2018 (ESA)
Cheops will lift off on a Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe's spaceport in Kourou, sharing the ride into space with a satellite that is part of t...
Quantum artificial life created on the cloud
Nov 23, 2018 (SPX)
This is what has been designed by the QUTIS research group at the UPV/EHU's Department of Physical Chemistry, but the scenario is that of quantum computers: an ...
Study reveals one of universe's secret ingredients for life
Nov 23, 2018 (SPX)
Lead researcher Dr. Roland Crocker from the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics said the research team studied a particular way stars provide a co...
What magnetic fields can tell us about life on other planets
Nov 23, 2018 (SPX)
But what about other Earth-like planets in the galaxy? Do they also have magnetic fields to protect emerging life? A new analysis looks at one type of exoplanet...
Researchers Are Perfecting Technology to Look for Signs of Alien Life
Nov 21, 2018 (SPX)
The team used state-of-the art instrumentation at the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii to confirm the existence of water in the planet's atmosphere, a...
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