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4 days ago · Two teams of scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet, smaller than Earth but bigger than Venus, orbiting a small star about 40 light-years away.. The exoplanet, named Gliese ...
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- 5,000th confirmed exoplanet at last. After 30 years of exoplanet discoveries, the tally of confirmed alien worlds reached 5,000 this year. Scientists added the new milestone entry to the NASA Exoplanet Archive in March.
- New class of alien planets. In September, astronomers announced that a new type of exoplanet had been discovered. Made of about half-rock and half-water, either in liquid or ice form, the exoplanets were found orbiting the most common stars in the universe.
- Hidden Jupiter-size world. Astronomers and citizen scientists joined forces to discover a mysterious planet the size of Jupiter around an alien star. If their calculations of its orbit are correct, they should be able to see it again in February.
- The alien planet Hulk. A newfound blazing-hot 'super-Earth' is one of the most massive ever discovered, an exoplanet covered in magma with a "year" that only lasts half a day.
6 days ago · NASA exoplanet-hunter TESS has found a temperate, Earth-size world in the habitable zone of its red dwarf star. This planet could make waves in the search for life.
Sep 29, 2023 · Alien life in Universe: Scientists say finding it is 'only a matter of time'. 29 September 2023. By Pallab Ghosh,Science correspondent. ESA. Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons is the most likely ...
Sep 14, 2023 · An artist's interpretation of what a hycean planet might look like. (Image credit: Amanda Smith / University of Cambridge) Hycean worlds are a prime candidate to harbor extraterrestrial life ...
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Sep 11, 2019 · Hubble Space Telescope reveals water vapor in the atmosphere of a super-Earth that orbits a dim red star in the habitable zone. This discovery bolsters the search for life-friendly worlds beyond our solar system and may indicate the possibility of rain on K2-18b.
Apr 15, 2020 · Kepler-1649c completes one orbit every 19.5 Earth days, putting the alien planet in its host star's "habitable zone," the just-right range of distances where liquid water could exist on a world's ...
