Tag: Planet
New class of habitable exoplanets represent a big step forward in...
A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could greatly accelerate...
Observatory in Chile takes highest-resolution measurements of asteroid surface temperatures ever...
The study's target, Psyche, is the destination of an upcoming NASA mission
A close examination of the millimeter-wavelength emissions from the asteroid Psyche, which NASA...
Clays, not water, are likely source of Mars ‘lakes’
Bright reflections that radar detected beneath the south pole of Mars may not be underground lakes as previously thought but deposits of clay instead, a new...
Goldilocks planets ‘with a tilt’ may develop more complex life
Goldilocks planets are the ones that may support complex life. This is due to their location in the Goldilocks Zone which is a habitable...
Kepler space telescope glimpses population of free-floating planets
A study led by Iain McDonald of the University of Manchester, UK, (now based at the Open University, UK) used data obtained in 2016...
Why does Mercury have such a big iron core? Magnetism!
A new study disputes the prevailing hypothesis on why Mercury has a big core relative to its mantle. For decades, scientists argued that hit-and-run...
Astronomers uncover evidence that there could be many more Earth-sized planets...
New findings from a team using the international Gemini Observatory and the WIYN 3.5-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory suggest that Earth-sized worlds...
Curiosity rover captures shining clouds on Mars
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has captured shining clouds on the Red Planet. The rover’s Mast Camera, or Mastcam snapped colour images and the iridescent,...
Exoplanets’ complex orbital structure points to planetary migration in solar systems
The University of Chicago's Sean Mills (left) and Daniel Fabrycky describe the complex orbital structure of the Kepler-223 expolanetary system in the May 11,...
