7 Earth-Like Planets Found Orbiting Single Star Scientists using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have found the largest group of earth-like planets circling a single star. A total of seven planets were observed orbiting TRAPPIST-1, a star located only about 40 light years from Earth. The discovery also set a record for the number of planets that were […]
Exoplanet Bonanza; Good Sleep = Less Stress; Help Find Planet 9
Posted February 23rd, 2017 at 4:25 pm (UTC-4)
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Astronomers Observe Exoplanet Temperatures Swinging Wildly
Posted May 4th, 2015 at 11:06 pm (UTC-4)
For the first time ever, scientists in the United Kingdom detected temperature fluctuations on a super-Earth exoplanet – 55 Cancri e, the so-called “diamond planet.” Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope to study the rocky exoplanet’s thermal radiation over a two-year period, researchers led by the University of Cambridge found that the temperature on the side […]
NASA Study: Universe Shines Brighter Than We Thought
Posted November 8th, 2014 at 1:08 am (UTC-4)
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Analysis of observations gathered by the first two Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment (CIBER) missions shows that the universe shines much brighter that had been thought. CIBER scientists found that infrared light in what were thought to be dark areas of space between galaxies is producing a glow that gleams as brightly as all the known […]
Coldest-Ever Brown Dwarf Star Discovered
Posted April 28th, 2014 at 6:21 pm (UTC-4)
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The coldest-ever brown dwarf star has been found about 7 light-years away from Earth and could help scientist learn more about the atmospheres of planets. Brown dwarfs are objects that are too big to be planets, but too small to be considered stars. They begin their lives like stars, but since their mass is so […]
Science Images of the Month
Posted March 28th, 2014 at 8:25 pm (UTC-4)
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Science Scanner: NASA Detects Light from Earth-like Planet
Posted May 9th, 2012 at 10:27 pm (UTC-4)
It what it calls an historic step in the search for signs of life on other planets, NASA says its astronomers have detected light coming from a “super-Earth” planet 41 light years away. It marks the first time direct light from a rocky super-Earth planet has been seen, researchers said. The planet, called 55 Cancri […]