The James Webb Space Telescope suggests this exoplanet is our ‘best bet’ for finding an alien ocean
by It could be argued that the search for habitability elsewhere around the globe can be reduced to the search for water. We have not yet …
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Citizen scientists discover an amazing exoplanet, name it after a Harry Potter character
Citizen scientists searching through data collected by NASA’s Transiting Easioplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) discovered a world of excellence, and gave it a memorable nickname to …
The habitable exoplanet Trappist-1 may have been caught destroying its own atmosphere
Scientists have discovered that a potentially habitable planet is being stripped of its atmosphere, a process that could leave the world, Trappist-1e, inhospitable to life. …
Potentially habitable ‘Super-Earth’ spotted 137 light years away
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. Astronomers have discovered a “Super-Earth,” …
Potentially habitable ‘Super-Earth’ spotted 137 light years away
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. Astronomers have discovered a “Super-Earth,” …
James Webb Space Telescope could probe ‘carbon-lite’ exoplanet atmospheres in search for alien life
When it comes to detecting the presence of liquid water on planets outside the solar system, and thus the conditions necessary for life, the James …
Giant planet too big for its own sun prompts astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
LHS 3154b, a newly discovered giant planet that should be too big to exist. Pennsylvania State University Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs …
Giant planet too big for its own sun prompts astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much …