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Earth-sized exoplanet is the second found around “ultracool dwarf” star
Cosmos· 4 hours agoThe search for exoplanets which orbit ultracool stars has turned up a second discovery. The Earth-sized exoplanet, discovered by the SPECULOOS project, is orbiting a star ...
Q&A: Stellar insights—the Mauve mission's journey into the cosmos
Phys.org· 20 hours agoIn a quest to study the variety of stars in our galaxy, the Mauve mission has emerged to provide a stronger understanding of the characteristics of stars—including their magnetic ...
Sara Seager
GBH News· 3 days agoSara Seager is the Ellen Swallow Richards Associate Professor of Planetary Science and Associate Professor of Physics at MIT. Before joining MIT in 2007, she spent four years on the senior research ...
Scientists Discover Fluffy Planet, Equate Its Density to Cotton Candy
People via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe newly discovered finding is exoplanet WASP-193b and located outside of our solar system,...
Alien 'Dyson sphere' megastructures could surround at least 7 stars in our galaxy, new studies...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoResearchers have identified at least seven stars in our galaxy that may be surrounded by...
Why Hot Jupiters Spiral into Their Stars
Universe Today· 7 days agoExoplanets are a fascinating astronomy topic, especially the so-called “Hot Jupiters”. Extreme gravitational interactions can tug them right into their...
Researchers find 'fluffy oddball' of a planet with a composition similar to cotton candy
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut Kepler-51d is also much smaller than WASP-193b, making the larger planet something of "a cosmic...
Webb Telescope Finds a (Hot) Earth-Sized Planet With an Atmosphere - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoAn anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press: A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that's twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported ...
A massive cotton candy-like exoplanet stumps astronomers
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAccording to the team, WASP-193b’s extremely low density makes it a major anomaly among the over...
Astronomers Spot Airless Earth-Sized Planet
ExtremeTech· 1 day agoThis world could be ideal for studying the geology of exoplanets because, in addition to being close by, it's also completely airless. The first hint of this exoplanet came ...
