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NASA's Roman space telescope gets ready to stare at distant suns to find alien planets
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, scientists have successfully integrated a crucial ...
Examining how stellar threats impact the habitable zone of exoplanets
When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region ...
How many additional exoplanets are in known systems?
One thing we've learned in recent decades is that exoplanets are surprisingly common. So far, we've confirmed nearly 6,000 ...
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The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd
Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...
Life Beyond Earth? NASA’s Webb Telescope Eyes Vital Clues on Distant Planets
Research indicates that the James Webb Space Telescope could help confirm the presence of life-supporting atmospheres on exoplanets in the "Goldilocks zone," enhancing the likelihood of discovering ...
The Curious Case of Iconic Star Vega’s Missing Planets
Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...
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What If Earth Was As Big As These Exoplanets?
"There are hundreds of billions of alien worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. And scientists have already discovered and confirmed ...
NASA’s Roman Telescope Unlocks New Chapter in the Search for Alien Worlds
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope team has integrated the innovative Roman Coronagraph Instrument, marking a major milestone in ...
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Did plate tectonics give rise to life? Groundbreaking new research could crack Earth's deepest mystery.
Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...
This Planet Shows What Earth Might Look Like In 8 Billion Years' Time
Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...
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Gas Giant Exoplanet Seen Transforming Into A Hot Jupiter
The transforming exoplanet that was observed by the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope at the U.S. National Science Foundation Kitt Peak National Observatory has a strangely elongated orbit. Credit: Images and ...
Meet TOI-6651b, a new rare planet 5 times the size of Earth discovered by Ahmedabad scientists
New planet alert! An international team of scientists along with the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad has ...