01/09/2025

'Soot planets' might be more common than 'water worlds'

According to astronomers, water worlds, though admittedly not those containing Kevin Costner, are one of the most common types of planets in our solar system. This is partly due to low density estimates and the abundance ...

Photochemistry and climate modeling of Earth-like exoplanets

What role can the relationship between oxygen (O2) and ozone (O3) in exoplanet atmospheres have on detecting biosignatures? This is what a study submitted to Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as an international team ...

JWST reveals 3I/ATLAS's coma is largely carbon dioxide

All (or at least most) astronomical eyes are on 3I/ATLAS, our most recent interstellar visitor that was discovered in early July. Given its relatively short observational window in our solar system, and especially its impending ...

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