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James Webb Space Telescope spies on rocky TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet
Samantha Mathewson

22/06/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
James Webb Space Telescope Spies On Rocky Trappist-1 Exoplanet
New data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows that the atmosphere of a rocky exoplanet in the TRAPPIST-1 system is either nonexistent or incredibly thin.
Trappist-1 Jwst Exoplanet Sebastian Zieba Atmosphere Max Planck Institute
Mysterious flare a trillion times brighter than our sun could be a 'disc inferno' ripping a baby planet apart
Robert Lea

21/06/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Mysterious Flare A Trillion Times Brighter Than Our Sun Could Be A 'Disc Inferno' Ripping A Baby Planet Apart
Astronomers have discovered what may be behind a mysterious stellar flare that has been raging for 85 years, finding it could be caused by the destruction of a super-Jupiter planet.
Super-Jupiter Planet Flare Fu Ori Sergei Nayakshin Star Disk
Viral YouTube video explains NASA's search for alien life
Robert Lea

16/06/2023 Reading 7 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Viral Youtube Video Explains Nasa's Search For Alien Life
A new viral video by a NASA astrobiologist explains the space agency's efforts to find out whether we are alone in the universe.
Nasa Life Planet Astrobiologist Earth Heather Graham
James Webb Space Telescope gets satellite sidekick to aid search for habitable planets
Elizabeth Howell

16/06/2023 Reading 3 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
James Webb Space Telescope Gets Satellite Sidekick To Aid Search For Habitable Planets
A new small satellite will peer at distant stars to help NASA's James Webb Space Telescope search for potentially habitable exoplanets.
Exoplanet James Webb Space Telescope Ultraviolet Mantis University Of Colorado Boulder
Hunt for alien life gets major boost from breakthrough on one of Saturn's moons
James Caven

15/06/2023 Reading 3 min

Source de l'article : DailyStar
Hunt For Alien Life Gets Major Boost From Breakthrough On One Of Saturn's Moons
A professor of planetary geosciences says a discovery on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, means the rock has “all the ingredients” for aliens to live without sunlight
Geoscience Enceladus Alien David Rothery Saturn Life
Ultra-hot exoplanet has an atmosphere of vaporized rock
Robert Lea

14/06/2023 Reading 7 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Ultra-Hot Exoplanet Has An Atmosphere Of Vaporized Rock
Astronomers have taken a deeper look at the scorching hot giant exoplanet WASP-76b, where iron rains from the sky to determine the other chemical elements that comprise its blistering atmosphere.
Atmosphere Wasp-76 Exoplanet Giant Team Star
Friendless 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets may not be so lonely after all
Sharmila Kuthunur

14/06/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Friendless 'Hot Jupiter' Exoplanets May Not Be So Lonely After All
How hot Jupiters form and evolve is one of the oldest questions in exoplanet research.
Jupiter Companion Exoplanet Kepler-412 Study Star
New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet has a weird orbit and another planet may be to blame
Robert Lea

14/06/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
New 'Warm Jupiter' Exoplanet Has A Weird Orbit And Another Planet May Be To Blame
Astronomers have used NASA's TESS telescope to discover a new 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet with a strange orbit.
Jupiter Exoplanet Orbit Toi-1859 Star Team
4 elusive 'mini-Neptune' exoplanets discovered in a cosmic game of hide-and-seek
Robert Lea

14/06/2023 Reading 5 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
4 Elusive 'Mini-Neptune' Exoplanets Discovered In A Cosmic Game Of Hide-And-Seek
Astronomers spotted four elusive mini-Neptune planets with the exoplanet-hunting telescope CHEOPS.
Mini-Neptune Exoplanets Exoplanet-Hunting Telescope Cheops Earth University Of Geneva
NASA's Kepler telescope discovered 2 mini-Neptune exoplanets just before dying
Sharmila Kuthunur

01/06/2023 Reading 6 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Nasa's Kepler Telescope Discovered 2 Mini-Neptune Exoplanets Just Before Dying
Astronomers discovered two mini-Neptunes and a third potential exoplanet in the final data sent home by NASA's Kepler space telescope just before it was decommissioned in late 2018.
Exoplanet 10 K2 Andrew Vanderburg Kepler Team
James Webb Space Telescope finds water in super-hot exoplanet's atmosphere
Tereza Pultarova

01/06/2023 Reading 4 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
James Webb Space Telescope Finds Water In Super-Hot Exoplanet's Atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope spotted water in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-18 b, which reaches nearly 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,700 degrees Celsius).
James Webb Space Wasp-18 Exoplanet Hunter Tess Jwst Atmosphere Water
AI is helping astronomers make new discoveries about the universe faster than ever before
Chris Impey

26/05/2023 Reading 7 min

Source de l'article : Space.com
Ai Is Helping Astronomers Make New Discoveries About The Universe Faster Than Ever Before
AI has now spread into every field of astronomy and is helping astronomers learn more about the universe at an astonishing rate.
Astronomer M87 Exoplanet Data Ai Hole