A reanalysis of data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope has revealed an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star’s habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could …read more Source:: Science
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The strange orbits of ‘Tatooine’ planetary disks
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•Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have found striking orbital geometries in protoplanetary disks around binary stars. While disks orbiting the most compact binary star systems share very …read more Source:: Science
2019 Nobel Prize in Physics: Evolution of the universe and discovery of exoplanet orbiting solar-type star
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•This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics is being awarded “for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth’s place in the cosmos,” with one half to …read more Source:: Science
Confirmation of toasty TESS planet leads to surprising find of promising world
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•A piping hot planet discovered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has pointed the way to additional worlds orbiting the same star, one of which is located in the …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
Water-bearing minerals on asteroid Bennu
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•Astronomers have discovered evidence of abundant water-bearing minerals on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. Using early spectral data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft orbiting the asteroid, the team …read more Source:: Science
Cold Super-Earth found orbiting closest single star to Sun
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•The nearest single star to the Sun hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth — a so-called super-Earth. One of the largest observing campaigns to date …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
TRAPPIST-1 planets probably rich in water
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•A new study has found that planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 are made mostly of rock, and some could hold more water than Earth. The planets’ densities suggest that some …read more Source:: Science
Tatooine worlds orbiting two suns often survive violent escapades of aging stars
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•Planets that revolve around two suns may surprisingly survive the violent late stages of the stars’ lives, according to new research. The finding is surprising because planets orbiting close to …read more Source:: Science