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Exoplanet discovered in habitable zone of a multi-star system
Astronomy Magazine· 1 hour agoThe exoplanet was spotted when it passed in front of its host star, TOI 4633 A, temporarily dimming...
Earth-sized exoplanet is the second found around “ultracool dwarf” star
Cosmos· 6 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· 23 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· 1 day agoResearchers have identified at least seven stars in our galaxy that may be surrounded by...
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 ...
Researchers find 'fluffy oddball' of a planet with a composition similar to cotton candy
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBut Kepler-51d is also much smaller than WASP-193b, making the larger planet something of "a cosmic...
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...
Found: An Earth-sized exoplanet named SPECULOOS-3 b
Astronomy Magazine· 1 day agoAn international team of astronomers has discovered exoplanet SPECULOOS-3 b and its ultra-cool red dwarf star, some 55 light-years away from Earth. Despite being the size of Earth, the newly ...
