Webb study reveals rocky planets can form in extreme environments
An international team of astronomers has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to provide the first observation of water and ...
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An astronomical waltz reveals a sextuplet of planets
An international collaboration between astronomers using the CHEOPS and TESS space satellites, including NCCR PlanetS members from the University of ...
Building blocks for life could have formed near new stars and planets
While life on Earth is relatively new, geologically speaking, the ingredients that combined to form it might be much older ...
Giant planets cast a deadly pall
Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars. New studies ...
Did life exist on Mars? Other planets? With AI’s help, we may know soon
Scientists have discovered a simple and reliable test for signs of past or present life on other planets – “the ...
New study reveals NASA’s roman could find 400 earth-mass rogue planets
New research by scientists from NASA and Japan’s Osaka University suggests that rogue planets – worlds that drift through space untethered ...
AI reveals hidden traits about our planet’s flora to help save species
In a world-first, scientists from UNSW and Botanic Gardens of Sydney, have trained AI to unlock data from millions of plant specimens kept ...
Earth was created much faster than we thought. This makes the chance of finding other habitable planets in the Universe more likely
When we walk around in our everyday life, we might not think of the Earth itself very often. But this ...
Flaring star could be down to young planet’s disc inferno
The mystery of a stellar flare a trillion times more powerful than the largest of Solar flares may have been ...
Elusive planets play “hide and seek” with CHEOPS
CHEOPS is a joint mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Switzerland, under the leadership of the University of ...
Astronomers discover planets in NASA Kepler’s final days of observations
A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified what may be some of the last planets NASA’s retired Kepler space ...
One-third of galaxy’s most common planets could be in habitable zone
Our familiar, warm, yellow sun is a relative rarity in the Milky Way. By far the most common stars are ...
Are Earth and Venus the only volcanic planets? Not anymore.
Imagine an Earth-sized planet that’s not at all Earth-like. Half this world is locked in permanent daytime, the other half ...
Researchers measure the light emitted by a sub-Neptune planet’s atmosphere for the first time
For more than a decade, astronomers have been trying to get a closer look at GJ 1214b, an exoplanet 40 ...
Small stars may host bigger planets than previously thought
Stars with less than half the mass of our Sun are able to host giant Jupiter-style planets, in conflict with ...
‘Terminator zones’ on distant planets could harbor life, UC Irvine astronomers say
Irvine, Calif., March 16, 2023 — In a new study, University of California, Irvine astronomers describe how extraterrestrial life has ...
Earth’s geological thermostat: how temperature-dependent silicate weathering helps steer the planet’s climate
The process of minerals in rocks being chemically broken down, or weathered – which plays a crucial role in controlling ...
New small laser device can help detect signs of life on other planets
As space missions delve deeper into the outer solar system, the need for more compact, resource-conserving and accurate analytical tools ...
How do rocky planets really form?
A new theory for how rocky planets form could explain the origin of so-called "super-Earths"—a class of exoplanets a few ...
Researchers develop AI method for mapping planets
Creating geological maps of planetary surfaces such as Mars is a complex process. From data collection to data analysis to ...
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Meteorites likely source of nitrogen for early Earth
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New implants linked to less infection and better recovery from orthopedic surgery
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‘Shocking’ discovery: Electricity from electric eels may transfer genetic material to nearby animals
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Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
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New study identifies the greatest threat to wildlife across North America and Canada: people
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Why have so many new diseases developed in the bagged salads sector?