Posts Tagged ‘exoplanets’
Stars gobble up Earth-like exoplanets
U. WARWICK (UK) — Astrophysicists have pinpointed four white dwarfs surrounded by dust from shattered planetary bodies that once bore striking similarities to the composition of the Earth. Continue…
Friday, May 4, 2012 10:47 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - May 3, 2012 11:26 - 0 Comments
Exoplanets orbit in star ‘sweet spots’
CORNELL (US) — Three Earth-like planets have been discovered orbiting within their host stars’ habitable zone—a finding that means they could be hospitable to life. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 26, 2012 12:33 - 4 Comments
Is the search for ET pie-in-the-sky fantasy?
PRINCETON (US) — The expectation that life has or will develop on other planets as on Earth may be based more on optimism than scientific evidence, a new study suggests. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 21, 2012 10:58 - 1 Comment
‘Super-Earth’ life sticks close to home
PURDUE (US) — While scientists believe conditions suitable for life might exist on the so-called “super-Earth” it’s unlikely to be transferred to other planets within that solar system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2012 12:55 - 6 Comments
Tiny planet triplets orbit dwarf star
CALTECH (US) — Astronomers have discovered the three smallest confirmed planets ever detected outside our solar system. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 27, 2011 9:27 - 0 Comments
Planets hiding in stars’ spiral arms?
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — A new image of a gas-and-dust disk around a sun-like star is the first astronomers have seen that displays structures that look like spiral arms. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 13, 2011 12:08 - 1 Comment
‘Super-Earth’ found orbiting Kepler 18
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — A “super-Earth” and two Neptune-sized planets have been discovered orbiting Kepler 18, a star that is 10 percent larger than the Sun with 97 percent of the Sun’s mass. (more…)
