Tagged: exoplanets

Traces of metals have been discovered by researchers observing WASP-127b, a giant gaseous planet. A team from the University of Cambridge and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in Spain used the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) found also that WASP-127b has partly clear skies....

An international team of scientists lead by a PhD student at DTU Space have just confirmed finding nearly 100 new exoplanets. Based on data from NASA’s K2 mission an international team of scientists have just confirmed nearly 100 new exoplanets, planets located outside our solar...

– It turns out that a 1917 image on an astronomical glass plate from our Carnegie Observatories’ collection shows the first-ever evidence of a planetary system beyond our own Sun. About a year ago, the review’s author, Jay Farihi of University College London, contacted our...

Scientists have discovered that planets orbiting near low-mass stars are the most common stars in the universe. These worlds have become the primary targets in the search for alien life. However, a new research led by the University of Washington’s astronomy graduate theorizes that some...

There are many dark worlds in the Universe, but WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black. Located about 1400 light-years, this intriguing exoplanet is darker than asphalt. With a radius almost twice that of Jupiter and a year of just over...

Astronomers have discovered two identical exoplanets that are virtually the same size and temperature, and orbit around nearly identical stars at the same distance. Yet, for some reason the planets have completely different atmosphere. How is it possible? Something must have happened in the past,...

Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope for signs of exoplanets, a group of citizen scientists discovered a distant planetary system that contains at least five exoplanets. The system has been dubbed K2-138. “People anywhere can log on and learn what real signals from exoplanets...

The color of the sky on an exoplanet depends on many different factors such as the pressure, density and chemical composition of the exoplanet’s atmosphere. The presence or absence of dust particles, clouds and vapor, the light coming from the local (parent) star – are...

The color of the sky on an exoplanet depends on many different factors such as the pressure, density and chemical composition of the exoplanet’s atmosphere. The presence or absence of dust particles, clouds and vapor, the light coming from the local (parent) star – are...

An international team of scientists lead by a PhD student at DTU Space have just confirmed finding nearly 100 new exoplanets. Based on data from NASA’s K2 mission an international team of scientists have just confirmed nearly 100 new exoplanets, planets located outside our solar...