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New Study reveals super-Earths could be prevalent around stars, according
Updated : 10 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A recent study has revealed that super-Earth exoplanets, worlds that are larger than Earth but smaller than Uranus or Neptune, are far more common in the universe than previously believed.
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Astronomers discover Earth-like exoplanets common across the cosmos: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), an international team of researchers has discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common across the universe than previously thought, according to a new study.
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Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on alien planet
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have detected the strongest evidence yet of potential life on an alien planet, identifying chemical gases in the atmosphere of K2-18 b that, on Earth, are produced only by living organisms.
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Indian-origin scientist claims detection of possible signs of life outside
Updated : 11 months ago IST
A repeated analysis of the exoplanet's atmosphere suggests an abundance of a molecule that on Earth has only one known source: living organisms such as marine algae.
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NYU Abu Dhabi researchers utilise Webb Telescope to uncover new insights o
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
In a study recently published in Nature Astronomy, the researchers detail how they tested the unparalleled capabilities of Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and observed the entire orbit of WASP-43b, a giant, gas-filled exoplanet.
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New information revealed about exoplanet's star, atmosphere
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The interesting TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system was initially found in 2016 amid speculation that it might one day be a home for mankind. Astronomers working under the direction of a team at the Université de Montréal have made significant progress in studying this system.
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Astronomers discover magnetic activity plays key role in exoplanet habitab
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Astronomers have discovered evidence that some stars have unusually powerful surface magnetic fields, a finding that contradicts existing conceptions of how stars grow.
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Terminator zones on distant planets could harbour life: Research
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
In a recent study, astronomers from the University of California, Irvine explain how the possibility of extraterrestrial life exists on far-off exoplanets within a special region known as the "terminator zone," which is a ring on planets that have one side that is always facing its star and
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Tumultuous migration on the edge of the hot Neptune desert: Research
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the National Centre of Competence in Res
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Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star, the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface. The world is 95% Earth's size and likel
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Alien planet found spiralling to its doom around ageing star
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved, or older, host star.
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Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team led by UdeM astronomers has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," planets where water makes up a large fraction of the volume. These worlds, located in a planetary system 218 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, are unlike any planets
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