A team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) in Chile have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System. This candidate ...
Astronomy
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There is only one Earth... that we know of.
Astronomy
Dec 10, 2021
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As our solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, small grains of dust and ice swirled around, left over from the formation of the Sun. Through time, they collided and stuck to each other. As they grew in size, gravity helped ...
Astronomy
Dec 3, 2021
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A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could greatly accelerate the search for life outside our Solar System.
Astronomy
Aug 25, 2021
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A team of astronomers have used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) in Chile to shed new light on planets around a nearby star, L 98-59, that resemble those in the inner Solar System. Amongst ...
Astronomy
Aug 5, 2021
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Any life identified on planets orbiting white dwarf stars almost certainly evolved after the star's death, says a new study led by the University of Warwick that reveals the consequences of the intense and furious stellar ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2021
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Astronomers have identified more than 4,000, and counting, confirmed exoplanets—planets orbiting stars other than the sun—but only a fraction have the potential to sustain life.
Planetary Sciences
May 4, 2021
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Almost half a century ago the creators of Star Wars imagined a life-sustaining planet, Tatooine, orbiting a pair of stars. Now, 44 years later, scientists have found new evidence that that five known systems with multiple ...
Astronomy
Apr 15, 2021
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The weathering of silicate rocks plays an important role to keep the climate on Earth clement. Scientists led by the University of Bern and the Swiss national center of competence in research (NCCR) PlanetS, investigated ...
Space Exploration
Mar 11, 2021
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Mars may now be considered a barren, icy desert but did Earth's nearest neighbour once harbour life?
Space Exploration
Feb 18, 2021
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