Today EVSN discuss about planet WASP-76b which appears to be a giant iron glory in the atmosphere of another world: a circular rainbow, and it’s not caused by refracted starlight!
May 3rd: Catch the (Alien) Rainbow
Tag: exoplanet
Apr 24th: How Long To Travel to The Closest Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b?
Many people feel that it’s very important for humanity’s long term survival that we become a multiplanet species. But what about traveling to exoplanets? Can we reach the stars?
Apr 9th: A Giant Planet Found Orbiting a Small Star
A massive, Jupiter-sized exoplanet has been discovered orbiting a small, low-mass star and this discovery is challenging theories on how planets form around their stars. This is unusual because planets this large are not supposed to form around low-mass stars.
Mar 26th: The First Exoplanets: A Discovery that Forever Changed Us
Our galaxy likely holds hundreds of billions of planets around other stars but when and how did we begin finding them? What was the first exoplanet detected? It turns out that the first discovery wasn’t one, but two planets in the same system.
Feb 27th: WASP-39 b: A Hot and Puffy Gas Giant
WASP-39 b is a hot and puffy planet with a mass roughly one-quarter that of Jupiter and a diameter 1.3 times greater than Jupiter
Feb 21st: Drifting Signals: New Boundaries for Radio Technosignatures
In a new study published in the Astronomical Journal, researchers used the known population of exoplanets to set better thresholds for planetary effects on signals from ETIs (extraterrestrial intelligences). More at #365DaysOfAstro
Jan 30th: An Exoplanet Found in Another Galaxy
Astronomers have found evidence of a possible planet outside of our Milky Way galaxy. If confirmed, this is the first time that a planet has been detected in another galaxy. It is located in the spiral galaxy Messier 51, also called the Whirlpool Galaxy.
Jan 23rd: The First Exoplanet of JWST
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected its first exoplanet. Its name is LHS 475b, and astronomers believe it is remarkably similar to our own home planet.
Jan 22nd: Water Worlds – Looking For Life Beyond EarthImages
Wherever we find liquid water on Earth, we find life, so it makes sense to search for water across the Universe. But what about worlds which are completely covered in water, oceans hundreds of kilometers deep. Can there be too much water?
Jan 12th: Planetary Formation Leads to Strange New Worlds
Time to dive into planetary formation and all the ways scientists have tried to explain stellar systems. Enjoy!