Ironing out the interiors of exoplanets
The discovery of more than 4,500 extra-solar planets has created a need for modelling their interior structure and dynamics. As it turns out, iron plays a key role......»»
Astronomers still scratching their heads over population of ocean-world exoplanets
In a recent study submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team of researchers led by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) examine the potential for water-worlds around M-dwarf stars. Water-worlds, also known as oc.....»»
The world"s largest radio telescope just scanned 33 exoplanets for a signal from aliens
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), located in China, is currently the world's largest and most sophisticated radio observatory. While its primary purpose is to conduct large-scale neutral hydrogen surveys (the most common ele.....»»
Logitech Mevo Go review: Promising, but needs ironing out
Logitech's Mevo Go software will be ideal at some point for those looking to stream live events to their followers or subscribers — but it's not quite there yet.Mevo GoMevo Go is a companion app in the Mevo ecosystem that provides creators with sol.....»»
Squid skin inspires novel “liquid windows” for greater energy savings
Bio-inspired system optimizes wavelength, intensity, dispersion of light reaching interiors. Enlarge / Artist's impression of a "liquid window' prototype inspired by the structure of squid skin. (credit: Raphael Kay, Adrian So).....»»
New time lapse video shows 12 years of exoplanets orbiting their star
In 2008, HR8799 was the first extrasolar planetary system ever directly imaged. Now, the famed system stars in its very own video......»»
James Webb peers into icy cloud to learn about exoplanet formation
Researchers using James Webb have peered into a molecular cloud to look for these ices which could be formed into future exoplanets......»»
Tumultuous migration on the edge of the hot Neptune desert
All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) an.....»»
Worlds bustling with plant life should shine in a detectable wavelength of infrared, say exoplanet scientists
Future historians might look back on this time and call it the "exoplanet age." We've found over 5,000 exoplanets, and we'll keep finding more. Next, we'll move beyond just finding them, and we'll turn our efforts to finding biosignatures, the specia.....»»
NASA is asking for your help to study exoplanets
NASA is asking for the public's help in learning more about exoplanets in a citizen science program called Exoplanet Watch......»»
How James Webb peers into the atmospheres of far-off exoplanets
The James Webb Space Telescope recently detected its first exoplanet, but its real promise is in studying exoplanet atmospheres......»»
Scientists unveil a unified theory for rocky planet formation
A new theory for how rocky planets form could explain the origin of so-called "super-Earths"—a class of exoplanets a few times more massive than Earth that are the most abundant type of planet in the galaxy......»»
Planetary interiors in TRAPPIST-1 system could be affected by solar flares
In a recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, an international team of researchers led by the University of Cologne in Germany examined how solar flares erupted by the TRAPPIST-1 star could affect the interior heating of its orbit.....»»
Assembly begins on NASA"s next tool to study exoplanets
Scientists have discovered more than 5,000 exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. As technologies for studying these worlds continue to advance, researchers may someday be able to search for signs of life on exoplanets that are similar in s.....»»
We could spread life to the Milky Way with comets. But should we?
Here's a thorny problem: What if life doesn't always appear on planets that can support it? What if we find more and more exoplanets and determine that some of them are habitable? What if we also determine that life hasn't appeared on them yet?.....»»
Are planets tidally locked to red dwarfs habitable? It"s complicated
Astronomers are keenly interested in red dwarfs and the planets that orbit them. Up to 85% of the stars in the Milky Way could be red dwarfs, and 40% of them might host Earth-like exoplanets in their habitable zones, according to some research......»»
Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water
A team led by UdeM astronomers has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," planets where water makes up a large fraction of the volume. These worlds, located in a planetary system 218 light-years away in the c.....»»
James Webb Space Telescope uncovers chemical secrets of distant world—paving the way for studying Earth-like planets
Since the first planet orbiting a star other than the sun was discovered in 1995, we have realized that planets and planetary systems are more diverse than we ever imagined. Such distant worlds—exoplanets—give us the opportunity to study how plan.....»»
Faurecia"s new leather-wrapping process offers new design possibilities
A new leather-wrapping solution developed by French supplier Faurecia could allow automakers to offer more unique designs in their vehicle interiors and localize more of the production process......»»
Dezeen Agenda features "gilded age" interiors for world"s skinniest skyscraper
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Studio Sofields' interiors for the world's skinniest skyscraper. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! Read more The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features.....»»
The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6’s interior lighting might cheer you up
Hyundai's UX team studied the effect lighting color combinations have on mood. Enlarge / LEDs have opened up new possibilities for lighting car interiors, as seen in the new Hyundai Ioniq 6. (credit: Hyundai) The annual.....»»