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 ...
Read More »Planets can form around different types of stars
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 ...
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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 ...
Read More »Subtle Signals of Water Detected on Five Alien Worlds
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 ...
Read More »The growing planetary family
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 ...
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