Tag Archives: exoplanets

Diamond planets may be more common than astronomers thought. Credit: Illustration by Haven Giguere Diamond planets may be more common than astronomers thought Carbon-rich planets may be more common than previously thought, according to new research by Yale University astronomers. ...

 This image is an artist’s conception of the brown dwarf WISE J085510.83-071442.5. The Sun is the bright star directly to the right of the brown dwarf. Credit: Robert Hurt/JPL, Janella Williams/Penn State University Star is discovered to be a close ...

NASA finds 715 new  planets Kepler space telescope’s discoveries include four planets that could hold liquid surface water, believed to be key for life. Four of the newly-discovered planets were two and a half times the size of Earth. Scientists ...

New research shows that planets up to four times the size of the Earth can form around very different stars – including stars that are poorer in heavy elements. Credit: MediaFarm / Niels Bohr Institute Planets can form around different ...

 سیستم غول پیکری از سیارات فراخورشیدی کشف شده بدور یک ستاره جوان Giant System of Exo-Planets Discovered Orbiting a Young Star… گروهی از ستاره شناسان ژاپنی در ماه ژانویه 2014 با استفاده از آرایه بزرگ  (ALMA) در شیلی توانسته اند ...

 Using the powerful­ eye of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, two teams of scientists have found faint signatures of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets. The presence of atmospheric water was reported previously on a few exoplanets orbiting stars ...

At least 1,200 added to list of possible planets beyond the solar system Planet hunters and space enthusiasts, rejoice! On February 2, astronomers announced the discovery of 1,235 possible new planets in the galaxy. These strange new worlds — near ...