Astronomers have found a planet around a red giant star that should have been destroyed, yet it still exists, leaving astronomers to wonder why the planet is still there. So what’s the puzzle?
Up until now, the quest to find evidence of active volcanism on other worlds has been limited to our own solar system. With the advent of the JWST era, however, more possibilities have opened up.
Proxima Centauri-b is the closest exoplanet to Earth and lies within the habitable zone of its star. And not only that, but it’s in the habitable zone!
Exoplanet discoveries have been piling up faster and faster over the last decade. With the addition of JWST’s capabilities, previously discovered exoplanets are now being analyzed for their atmospheric composition, and the results are intriguing. Today SETI Live discuss about exoplanet K2-18 b that was found to contain carbon dioxide and methane
Astronomers estimate there are more planets in our galaxy than there are stars. Just how many is that?
Did you know that the discovery of other planets in orbit around other stars is a very recent one? Only 25 years ago, we had no idea there were any planets in our galaxy besides those in our solar system. Now, not only have we discovered them, but astronomers estimate there are trillions of them. There are so many exoplanets out there that every star in our galaxy could have at least one.
Kepler-22b is one of the first exoplanets confirmed by the Kepler Space Telescope that resides in the habitable zone.
Do you know that we have interesting class of exoplanets? This type of planets do not have a home sun. These rogue worlds travel the distance between the stars, they live in the cold, dark interstellar regions of the galaxy. More with @DeepAstronomy
new asteroid has been discovered with an orbit that crosses our own planet’s orbit. In general, this object and Earth are very good and not trying to occupy the same space at the same time, and we’ve managed to coexist for a fair amount of time..
What is exoplanet? Find out in this new segment with @DeepAstronomy