High schoolers discover four exoplanets through Harvard and Smithsonian mentorship program
The high schoolers turned scientists published their findings this week, thanks to a research mentorship program at the Center for ...
Tag: Planets/Moons
Purported phosphine on Venus more likely to be ordinary sulfur dioxide, new study shows
An image of Venus compiled using data from the Mariner 10 spacecraft in 1974. In September, a team led by ...
CHEOPS finds unique planetary system
Credit: © ESO Musical notes that sound pleasant together can form a harmony. These notes are usually in a special ...
Astronomers discover first cloudless, Jupiter-like planet
This marks the second time astronomers have ever observed a cloud-free exoplanetCredit: M. Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian ...
Much of Earth’s nitrogen was locally sourced
Rice-led study shows two distinct origins of life-essential element in present-day planetCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech HOUSTON - (Jan. 21, 2021) - Where ...
A ‘super-puff’ planet like no other
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, M. Kornmesser. The core mass of the giant exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than what was thought ...
Shining a new light on dark energy
Dark Energy Survey releases catalog of 700 million objectsElliptical galaxies are generally characterized by their relatively smooth appearance when compared ...
The Subaru Telescope photographs the next target asteroid for Hayabusa2
Credit: NAOJ On December 10, 2020 (Hawai?i Standard Time), the Subaru Telescope imaged the small asteroid 1998 KY26, the target ...
Scientists use NASA data to predict appearance of December 14, 2020 eclipse
Credit: Left image: Predictive Science Inc.; © 2020. All rights reserved. On Dec. 14, 2020, the Moon's shadow raced across ...
Dark storm on Neptune reverses direction, possibly shedding a fragment
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI, M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley), and L.A. Sromovsky and P.M. Fry (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Astronomers ...
A pair of lonely planet-like objects born like stars
Credit: © University of Bern, Illustration: Thibaut Roger Star-forming processes sometimes create mysterious astronomical objects called brown dwarfs, which are ...
Exoplanet around distant star resembles reputed ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system
Astronomers confirm bound orbit for planet far from its star, showing that far-flung planets existCredit: NASA, ESA, M. Kornmesser (ESA/Hubble) ...
Using Earth’s history to inform the search for life on exoplanets
UC Riverside-led team looks back to find life beyondCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech UC Riverside is leading one of the NASA Astrobiology Program's ...
Laboratory experiments unravelling the mystery of the Mars moon Phobos
What causes the weathering of the Mars moon Phobos? Results from TU Wien give new insights, soon a spacecraft will ...