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Tag: exoplanets

How stars can limit life in the universe For the past few decades, scientists have been looking at planets outside of our solar system to see if they could host life. Now, scientists have discovered another factor for habitability: radiation from the planet’s central star.

October 1, 2020 by Paulina Umansky Read More

How Biology Writes Its Signature Scientists search for extraterrestrial life by looking for tell-tale signs of biologic activity including plant pigments and changes in atmosphere composition over time.

August 26, 2020 by Garrett Campion Read More

Neptune-sized planet could be the exposed core of a far-away gas giant Astronomers discover a planet that had less hydrogen and helium than was expected, and so it could be an exposed gas giant core left over from the formation of the solar system around it.

August 12, 2020 by Dylan Mankel Read More

Can Artificial Intelligence find new planets for us? Artificial intelligence could identify exoplanet signals faster in the data collected by NASA’s TESS mission.

November 28, 2019 by Paul Kramer Rosado Read More

What Protects Exoplanets from Damaging Solar Flares? Simulating different models to understand which factors affect an exoplanet’s ability to sustain life during high-energy stellar events.

November 14, 2017 by Alexander Adranly Read More

Chasing Alien Worlds with a Flying Telescope SOFIA is the name of a telescope that flies in the stratosphere to collect data that is unimpeded by the Earth's atmosphere

September 27, 2017 by Daniel Angerhausen Read More

Why is the Sun Yellow? Red dwarf stars are much more common, so are we a fluke?

May 18, 2017 by Jacob Haqq-Misra Read More

Planet Friendships in Solar Systems Beyond Our Own Exoplanet detection techniques improved in hopes of finding the expected co-orbiting planets

March 27, 2017 by Crystal Riley Read More

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