Three elder sisters of the Sun with planets
An international team led by Prof. Dr. habil. Andrzej Niedzielski, an astronomer from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun (Poland), has discovered yet another three extrasolar planets. These planets revolve around the stars that can be called.....»»
Chemical reactions on the early Earth may have formed its ocean
Conditions that favor water may be common in the formation of rocky planets. Enlarge (credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring) Water has made the Earth the planet that it is—a planet known for its blue oce.....»»
Making Calculus With LEGO
Isaac Newton developed calculus back in the mid-1600s as a tool to explain physical phenomena, in particular the motions of planets. As it turned out, it was also a way to encode how things move and change more generally, from economies to popu.....»»
Old survey data could be hiding undiscovered rogue planets
A group of scientists has discovered what they believe to be rogue planets hidden in data captured between 2006 and 2014. The new planets are … The post Old survey data could be hiding undiscovered rogue planets appeared first on BGR......»»
New Mars research review tells story of the red planet"s atmosphere evolution
Mars is one of the most studied planets in our solar system, second only to Earth. Signs point to the red planet once existing as a habitable world like our own, mustering intense fascination from scientists to understand the history of Mars' environ.....»»
Webb Telescope confirms nearby rocky planet has no significant atmosphere
A close look at one of TRAPPIST-1's planets shows it's bare and baking. Enlarge / An illustration of what the inner portion of the TRAPPIST-1 system might look like. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI), T. P. Greene (NAS.....»»
How Webb"s coronagraphs reveal exoplanets in the infrared
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has many different observing modes to study planets orbiting other stars, known as exoplanets. One way in particular is that Webb can directly detect some of these planets. Directly detecting planets around other sta.....»»
Planets on parade: 5 will be lined up in night sky this week
Keep an eye to the sky this week for a chance to see a planetary hangout......»»
Hubble sees the changing seasons on Jupiter and Uranus
Our planet isn't the only place in the solar system with dramatic weather changes - Hubble recently captured seasonal changes to two of the outer planets......»»
Hubble monitors changing weather and seasons of Jupiter and Uranus
Ever since its launch in 1990, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the largely gaseous outer planets and their ever-changing atmospheres. NASA spacecraft missions to the outer planets have give.....»»
5 planets will parade across the sky in rare astronomical event, while skyscraper-sized asteroid flies by Earth
More than half the solar system's planets will align Monday in a rarely seen spectacle, arcing across a corner of the night sky......»»
Apple TV+ gains 15 nominations at UK"s Bafta Television Awards
"Slow Horses" and "Bad Sisters" lead Apple TV+ Bafta nominations, with the streamer earning more than Disney+ or the UK's Sky Television.Gary Oldman in "Slow Horses"Following its Bafta Film Awards win for "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse," A.....»»
Tidally locked exoplanets could be habitable in the ‘terminator zone’
There are exoplanets where one side is always in sunlight and the other is always dark. But a particular region of these planets could be habitable......»»
"Terminator zones" on distant planets could harbor life, astronomers say
In a new study, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has the potential to exist on distant exoplanets inside a special area called the "terminator zone," which is a ring on planets that have one side that al.....»»
Scientists identify substance that may have sparked life on Earth
A team of Rutgers scientists dedicated to pinpointing the primordial origins of metabolism—a set of core chemical reactions that first powered life on Earth—has identified part of a protein that could provide scientists clues to detecting planets.....»»
Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it
NASA recently announced the discovery of a new, Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a nearby star called TOI-700. We are two of the astronomers who led the discovery of this planet, called TOI-700 e. TOI-700 e is just over 100 light years fro.....»»
Stars can eat their planets, and spit them back out again
As tragic as it is, engulfment of a planetary object by its stellar parent is a common scenario throughout the universe. But it doesn't have to end in doom. A team of astrophysicists have used computer simulations to discover that planets can not onl.....»»
"Slow Horses," "Bad Sisters" nominated for Royal Television Society Awards
The UK's Royal Television Society is to hold its main Programme Awards 2023 on March 28, with Apple TV+ nominated twice — but in just one category.Gary Oldman in "Slow Horses"In December 2022, Apple TV+ sponsored the Royal Television Society (RTS).....»»
Planets similar to Neptune and Jupiter observed circling a sun-like star
A small international team of space scientists has discovered a pair of planets that bear a striking resemblance to Neptune and Jupiter circling a star similar in nature to our sun. The group has published their findings on the arXiv pre-print server.....»»
Apple TV+ "Bad Sisters" leads Irish awards with 12 nominations
Apple TV+ comedy drama "Bad Sisters" is the most-nominated show in the 20th Irish Film & TV Awards, with creator Sharon Horgan receiving nods for both acting and writing.Made as part of the Apple TV+ first-look deal with Horgan, "Bad Sisters" is adap.....»»
Researchers: New planets might support life
Astronomers announced they have uncovered a star system with 3 potentially habitable planets......»»