An astrophysicist has discovered many new multiple star systems that contain exoplanets. For this, he searched more than 1,300 exoplanet host stars. He found that 15 per cent of those …read more Source:: Science
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Dead planets can ‘broadcast’ for up to a billion years
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•Astronomers are planning to hunt for cores of exoplanets around white dwarf stars by ‘tuning in’ to the radio waves that they emit. …read more Source:: Science
TESS satellite uncovers ‘first nearby super-Earth’
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•NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a mission designed to comb the heavens for exoplanets, has discovered its first potentially habitable world outside of our own solar system — and …read more Source:: Science
TESS discovers three new planets nearby, including temperate ‘sub-Neptune’
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•NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has discovered three new worlds that are among the smallest, nearest exoplanets known to date. The planets orbit a star just 73 light …read more Source:: Science
Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems
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•A survey of 300 stars in search of exoplanets finds that massive, Jupiter-like gas giants are found just about where Jupiter is in our own solar system. …read more Source:: Science
Life could be evolving right now on nearest exoplanets
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•Rocky, Earth-like planets orbiting our closest stars could host life, according to a new study that raises the excitement about exoplanets. …read more Source:: Science
Nature’s magnifying glass reveals unexpected intermediate mass exoplanets
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•Astronomers have found a new exoplanet that could alter the standing theory of planet formation. With a mass that’s between that of Neptune and Saturn, and its location beyond the …read more Source:: Science
Combination of space-based and ground-based telescopes reveals more than 100 exoplanets
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•Astronomers using a combination of ground and space based telescopes have reported more than 100 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) in only three months. These planets are quite diverse and expected to …read more Source:: Science
The stuff that planets are made of
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•Researchers have analyzed the composition and structure of faraway exoplanets using statistical tools. Their analysis indicates whether a planet is earth-like, made up of pure rock or a water-world. The …read more Source:: Science
Water-worlds are common: Exoplanets may contain vast amounts of water
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•Scientists have shown that water is likely to be a major component of those exoplanets (planets orbiting other stars) which are between two to four times the size of Earth. …read more Source:: Science