Eccentric Exoplanet Discovered
An international research team has discovered a sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star.
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First Ever Image Of A Multi-Planet System Around A Sun-like Star Captured By ESO Telescope (VIDEO)
The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) has taken the first ever image of a young, Sun-like star accompanied by two giant exoplanets. Images of systems with multiple exoplanets are extremely rare, and — until now — astronomers had never directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun. The observations can help astronomers understand how planets formed and evolved around our own Sun.
Super-Earths Discovered Orbiting Nearby Red Dwarf
The nearest exoplanets to us provide the best opportunities for study, including searching for evidence of life outside the Solar System. Astronomers have now detected a system of super-Earth planets orbiting the nearby star Gliese 887, the brightest red dwarf star in the sky. The newly discovered super-Earths lie close to the red dwarf’s habitable zone, where water can exist in liquid form.
ATLAS Telescope Discovers First-Of-Its-Kind Asteroid
An extraordinary asteroid with comet-like features has researchers puzzled.
New Minor Planets Found Beyond Neptune
Using data from the Dark Energy Survey, researchers have found and cataloged more than 300 minor planets beyond Neptune, including more than 100 new discoveries. This updated catalog of trans-Neptunian objects, and the methods used to find them, could aid in future searches for undiscovered planets in the far reaches of the solar system.
‘Are We Alone?’ Study Refines Which Exoplanets Are Potentially Habitable
Researchers are first to combine 3D climate modeling with atmospheric chemistry to explore the habitability of planets around M dwarf stars, which comprise about 70% of the total galactic population.
NASA Finds Strange Alien Planet Hiding Outside Our Solar System
It’s very small and very cool.
Inferno Planets & The Goldilocks Zone: Here Are Kepler’s Most Awesome Discoveries (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Launched in 2009, Kepler’s mission was actually born in the early 80s as scientists began to turn their attention to finding planets with similar characteristics to home. Here are just some of the cool discoveries made possible due to the intergalactic telescope.
Giant Planets Around Young Star Raise Questions About How Planets Form
Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in the most extreme range of orbits yet observed around it, the first time that so many massive planets have been detected in such a young system — raising interesting questions about how such a system might have formed.
First Ever ‘Exomoon’ Discovered Orbiting Planet Outside Our Solar System – Study
Scientists have reported the first ever discovery of a moon orbiting around an ‘exoplanet’ – a planet that exists outside of the Earth’s solar system.
Scientists Discover 12 Moons Around Jupiter – Including One ‘Oddball’ That Could Destroy The Others
Scientists have found 12 new moons orbiting around Jupiter, in a breakthrough discovery about our mysterious neighbor.
Days are longer than they used to be due to moon moving away from earth, study finds
A day was once only 18 hours long when the moon was closer to Earth, a new study has claimed.
Alien Star Streaked Through Our Solar System And Jostled Its Contents, Scientists Say
Some 70,000 years ago, when humans and Neanderthals shared the planet, an alien star streaked through the outer edges of our solar system and jostled its contents, astronomers say. In Read More…
NASA Discovers Entire New Solar System With Earth-Like Planets Capable of Supporting Life
NASA announced a remarkable, groundbreaking new find in a press conference on Wednesday: an entire new solar system filled with planets similar to Earth and could potentially support life. Researchers revealed that they have made perhaps the most promising exoplanet discovery ever, finding seven planets that are in orbit around a relatively nearby star,
‘Brightest Supernova Ever’ Was Actually a Black Hole Violently Shredding a Star
An incredibly luminous outburst that astronomers had previously classified as possibly the brightest supernova ever actually might have been caused by the explosive death of a star torn apart by a giant black hole, a new study finds.