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Exoplanet
An exoplanet is every planet outside of our Solar System. Exoplanets are typically too small to be seen even by using the biggest Earth-based and space telescopes. They are usually found by analyzing the behavior of the star they are orbiting.
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AUG 05, 2021Space & Astronomy
In an astrophysics first, a team of researchers have directly observed light coming from the backside o ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 26, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have been able to detect a disc surrounding an exoplanet called PDS 70c with the Atacama Large Millimeter/su ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2021Space & Astronomy
After a month-long hiatus from its routine scientific operations, 31-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back in wo ...Written By: Matthew LundyJUL 03, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers led by the University of Maryland have found that the sun's magnetic field is the reason behind the larg ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 13, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 18, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
For the first time, researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland have found evidence of tectonic activity on a ...Written By: Annie LennonFEB 06, 2021Space & Astronomy
Two scientists from France have figured out why Saturn sits at a tilt. And they say that over the next few billion years ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 27, 2021Space & Astronomy
Researchers have discovered a ten billion-year-old planetary system. While two of its planets are gaseous, as would be e ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 20, 2021Space & Astronomy
In 2017, a giant exoplanet called WASP-107b was discovered orbiting a star called WASP-107, which is around 212 light ye ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2021Space & Astronomy
Having just one star in our solar system makes us an outlier in our galaxy. However, while most solar systems in the Mil ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 13, 2021Space & Astronomy
We know that geysers like Old Faithful can erupt on a predictable schedule, and now researchers have learned more about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2020Earth & The Environment
A study published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment comments on the reasons why Earth ha ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 27, 2020Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 10, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 09, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Bern in Germany have found that an exoplanet, known as WASP-121b, is so hot that it c ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 08, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 07, 2020Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 22, 2020Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a new kind of planet- an ‘ultrahot Neptune’, or a giant exoplanet that orbits its ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 15, 2020Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our ...Written By: Annie Lennon
AUG 05, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In an astrophysics first, a team of researchers have directly observed light coming from the backside o
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 26, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have been able to detect a disc surrounding an exoplanet called PDS 70c with the Atacama Large Millimeter/su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2021
Space & Astronomy
After a month-long hiatus from its routine scientific operations, 31-year-old Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is back in wo
...
Written By:
Matthew Lundy
JUL 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers led by the University of Maryland have found that the sun's magnetic field is the reason behind the larg
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Spain have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting the star, GJ-740, a red dwarf star located 36 light
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 13, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Does the presence of oxygen mean the existence of life? That’s a question that scientists have been debating over
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 18, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have hypothesized that a certain mechanism may mean there are many more water-rich planets with atmospheres
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
This image by RenderArea is an artistic impression of the surface of a newly discovered, scorching hot, rocky, super-Ear
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
For the first time, researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland have found evidence of tectonic activity on a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 06, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Two scientists from France have figured out why Saturn sits at a tilt. And they say that over the next few billion years
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 27, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have discovered a ten billion-year-old planetary system. While two of its planets are gaseous, as would be e
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 20, 2021
Space & Astronomy
In 2017, a giant exoplanet called WASP-107b was discovered orbiting a star called WASP-107, which is around 212 light ye
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Having just one star in our solar system makes us an outlier in our galaxy. However, while most solar systems in the Mil
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 13, 2021
Space & Astronomy
We know that geysers like Old Faithful can erupt on a predictable schedule, and now researchers have learned more about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2020
Earth & The Environment
A study published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment comments on the reasons why Earth ha
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have identified an exoplanet that appears to have an atmosphere composed of vaporized rock and oceans runnin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 27, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Neptune was once known as a gas giant, but after scientists found that it was composed of heavy and volatile elements it
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a new type of sensor capable of measuring and correcting starli
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 10, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have found at least 24 planets outside of our solar system may be better for life than Earth. Each a little
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 09, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Bern in Germany have found that an exoplanet, known as WASP-121b, is so hot that it c
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 08, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill published in Astrophysical Journal contemplates the amount
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
A team of astronomers has found a lone planet the size of Earth drifting through the Milky Way. Known as a ‘rogue
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 22, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Scientists have identified a new kind of planet- an ‘ultrahot Neptune’, or a giant exoplanet that orbits its
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 15, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have found that carbon-rich planets outside our
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon