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New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life
The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.
Space.com on MSN6d
James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside 'sandcastle' partner world
"By studying these planets, we can better understand how planets form in general, a bit like peering into the past of our ...
Space on MSN1d
Dead Star Consumes Material From Planets In Hubble Data
Hubble Space Telescope observations of white dwarf star G238-44 has shown that it is "consuming both rocky-metallic and icy ...
NASA's Webb telescope glimpses coldest exoplanet yet found: What to know about gas giant
An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers ...
Three hot Jupiter exoplanets discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected three new hot ...
Techno-Science on MSN4d
đź”­ How can such a large planet orbit such a small star?
Even if only 1.5% of them host gas giants—a scientist's estimate—that could mean millions of planets similar to TOI-6894b.
Accidental find in planetarium show could shift scientists’ understanding of our solar system
An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse ...
Science Daily6d
Astronomers just found a giant planet that shouldn’t exist
Scientists have discovered a giant planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf star, something they believed wasn t even possible. The ...
SETI Institute9m
Data Science
Where there's data, there's data analysis! Data Science spans all the other disciplines at the SETI Institute. Whether one is characterizing sand dunes on Mars or detecting extrasolar planets, there's ...