exoplanets
Europan Space Whales Anyone? Planets Covered by Deep Oceans Can Still Have Life on Them
According to a new study by a pair of researchers, planets covered in deep oceans (aka. "water worlds") may be…
Estimating When Life Could Have Arisen on Earth
A new study by a team of Canadian researchers places new constraints on when life first emerged on Earth, which…
How the Next Generation of Ground-Based Super-Telescopes will Directly Observe Exoplanets
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, astronomers will be able to directly observe exoplanets using…
There are so Many Water-Worlds Out There
According to new research that was presented at the 2018 Goldschmidt Conference, "water worlds" may be more common than previously…
Another Way to Search for Biosignatures of Alien Life. The Material Blasted out of Asteroid Impacts
According to a new study by an international team of researchers, a good way to look for signs on life…
This Planet is so Metal. Iron and Titanium Vapour Found in the Atmosphere of an “Ultra-Hot Jupiter”
According to a new study by an international team of scientists, the gas giant KELT-9b is so hot that its…
TESS Practices on a Comet Before Starting on its Science Operations
Before commencing its mission to find exoplanets, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite took some impressive images of a comet in…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will Inspect the Atmospheres of Distant Gas Giants
When the James Webb Space Telescope is deployed, it will study and characterize the atmospheres of gas giants, with the…
New Insights Into What Might Have Smashed Uranus Over Onto its Side
A new study by a team of NASA-supported researchers has shown how a giant impact could explain all of Uranus'…
One Way to Find Aliens Would be to Search for Artificial Rings of Satellites: Clarke Belts
In a new study, astrophysicist Hector Socas-Navarro proposes searching for aliens by looking for signs of dense satellite rings around…