An exoplanet is getting vaporized but is trying to hide it
Hydrogen should be constantly boiled off, but we're not always seeing it. Enlarge / Artist's conception of the atmosphere being blasted off an exoplanet. (credit: NASA, ESA, and Joseph Olmsted (STScI)) Some planets canno.....»»
Tatooine-like exoplanet orbits two stars in rare astronomical discovery
Astronomers recently discovered a planet which orbits two stars, meaning it would have two suns in its sky like Tatooine......»»
Astronomers scrutinize scorching-hot exoplanet
An international team led by Stefan Pelletier, a Ph.D. student at Université de Montréal's Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets have made a detailed study of the extremely hot giant exoplanet WASP-76 b......»»
Astronomers discover a new "warm Jupiter" on an eccentric and misaligned orbit
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new "warm Jupiter" exoplanet. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-1859 b, orbits its parent star on an eccentric and misaligned orbit. The finding is report.....»»
How to fool a mouse: "Chemical camouflage" can hide crops and cut losses by over 60%
For as long as humans have grown our own food, we have battled pest animals that destroy crops and take food for themselves......»»
Twitter pulls out of voluntary EU disinformation code
"You can run but you can't hide," commissioner Thierry Breton warns Twitter over upcoming rules......»»
New "super-Neptune" exoplanet discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new hot, bloated "super-Neptune" exoplanet. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-2498 b, is about six times larger and 35 times more.....»»
How do you recognize the atmosphere of extraterrestrial lava worlds?
In the past 30 years, more than 5,000 planets have been discovered outside our solar system. One common exoplanet is the lava world, a hot super-Earth with oceans of liquid lava. Mantas Zilinskas developed models to simulate possible atmospheres of t.....»»
Newly discovered exoplanet could have liquid water, lots of volcanoes
The likely volcanoes should ensure that it has an atmosphere, too. Enlarge / An artist's conception of what a volcano-rich exoplanet might look like. (credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith) For most of.....»»
Astronomers discover Earth-sized exoplanet covered in volcanoes
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet that is highly volcanically active, which means it could possibly support life......»»
James Webb telescope gets a view of the ‘white whale’ of exoplanet research
Located 50 light-years away, the planet GJ 1214 b has defied 15 years of attempted observations due to its hazy nature......»»
Stop us if you"ve heard this before: There"s a new Apple Silicon killer in town
AMD announced a new chip for thin-and-light notebooks that it specifically claims beats Apple's year-old M2. Did the company cherry-pick results and hide the compromises, or is this a genuine triumph?A couple of months ago, Intel came out with a "not.....»»
Bizarre exoplanet breaks all the orbital rules
In our solar system, the planetary orbits all have a similar orientation. Their orbital planes vary by a few degrees, but roughly the planets all orbit in the same direction. This invariable plane as it's known also has an orientation within a few de.....»»
Astronomers watch a preview of the destruction of the Earth
Astronomers recently caught the grisly sight of an exoplanet being devoured by its star, in a preview of what will eventually happen to the Earth......»»
James Webb detects water vapor in rocky planet’s atmosphere — maybe
Water vapor was spotted near the rocky exoplanet GJ 486 b. That could indicate the presence of water in its atmosphere, or it could also be from another source......»»
Astronomers discover two super-Earths orbiting nearby star
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered two "super-Earth" exoplanets orbiting a nearby M-dwarf star known as TOI-2095. The newfound alien worlds have short orbital periods and are.....»»
Previously unknown exoplanet discovered using machine learning
Researchers used a machine learning model to search for exoplanets with protoplanetary disks, and found one that had previously been missed......»»
Scientists discover rare element in exoplanet"s atmosphere
The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet's atmosphere for the first time. The researchers at Lund University in Sweden have also developed a new method for analyzing exoplanets, making it possible to study them in more detail......»»
New Planet-Hunting Technique Finds Worlds We Can See Directly
A promising combination of exoplanet-finding methods pinpoints details about its first world.....»»
Zoom for iPhone update delivers Dynamic Island support, incoming call hiding, dark mode for Calendar
Zoom is out with an update for its iOS app with the headlining feature being support the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island. Also arriving are some handy features like the option to hide incoming calls during a meeting, dark mode for Calendar, Zoom IQ.....»»
Chinese astronomers detect rubidium and samarium in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet
Using the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO), astronomers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have investigated the atmosphere of MASCARA-4b—a distant "ultra-hot Jupiter" exoplanet. The.....»»