Hot Jupiters can co-exist with other planets

Exoplanets come in a variety of forms and one particular type, the Hot Jupiters have recently captured the attention of astronomers. They are usually found orbiting extremely close to their host star, completing an orbit in a few days or even hours. It has been thought that they migrated further out from the star, bullying […]

Exoplanets need special conditions to survive space weather, Says NASA study

knowridge.com - 25/Jan 11:20

A new study by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton highlights the challenges planets face when orbiting...

Why we might really be alone in the universe

sciencenatures.com - 01/Feb 23:52

Earth unique conditions may be the reason complex life is extremely rare in the universe.In 2000, Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee published Rare...

Astronomers have measured a black hole spinning at half the speed of light

sciencenatures.com - 01/Feb 23:32

Astronomers used X-rays to calculate a black hole spinning at nearly half the speed of light.Astronomers have discovered a new way to study black...

Scientists witness dying exoplanets disintegrating in real time

knowridge.com - 28/Jan 01:56

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars’ intense heat. Both are disintegrating before our...

White dwarfs pause their cooling, giving planets a second chance for habitability

knowridge.com - 04/Feb 00:59

When we first began searching for planets around other stars, one of the surprising discoveries was that there are planets orbiting white dwarfs. The...

Massive gas giant planets locked in a gravitational struggle

knowridge.com - 30/Jan 15:33

A team of astronomers have discovered a rather curious exoplanetary system that has two gas giant planets that are messing up each other’s orbit! On...

Astronomers have discovered a ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space.

sciencenatures.com - 04/Feb 20:16

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observed a distant exoplanet, TOI-270 d, about 70 light years away, which may be entirely covered by a...

Earth-Like Planet Covered in Volcanoes Discovered 90 Light-Years Away

sciencenatures.com - 18:10

Canadian-led Discovery: Canadian astronomers discovered a new Earth-like exoplanet that may support volcanic activity.Potential for Life: The...

Astrophysicist Reveals The Key Facts About The Asteroid That May Hit Earth

sciencenatures.com - 04/Feb 17:55

Illustration of a near-Earth asteroid. (dottedhippo/iStock/Getty Images)On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in...

Chinese 'space cleaner' spotted grabbing and throwing away old satellite

sciencenatures.com - 19:44

Last month, a private satellite tracking company spotted a Chinese spacecraft apparently grabbing and throwing a dead satellite away into a...

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