Newly Discovered Super-Earth Exoplanet May Harbour Alien Life, Study Claims
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 16, 2019
Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow-line, a distance where water freezes.
Newly Discovered "Super-Earth" May Harbour Alien Life: Report
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 16, 2019
The recently discovered cold super-Earth exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf Barnard -- the second closest star system to Earth -- has the potential to harbour primitive life, says a study.
NASA Probe Discovers Third New Planet Outside Solar System
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 8, 2019
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a third small planet outside our solar system, scientists report.
NASA's TESS Planet Hunting Satellite Discovers Third New Exoplanet
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 8, 2019
The new planet named HD 21749b, orbits a bright, nearby dwarf star about 53 light years away in the constellation Reticulum.
100 New Exoplanets Discovered Just 3 Months With NASA's Kepler Telescope
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 4, 2018
An international team of astronomers have discovered more than 100 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) -- that revolve around stars other than the Sun -- in only three months, using a combination of ground- and space-based telescopes.
Astronomers Discover Over 100 New Exoplanets
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 4, 2018
The team made the discovery in just three months.
So Long, Kepler, and Thanks for All the Planets
Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Thursday November 1, 2018
In nine years in orbit, Kepler has confirmed the existence of 2,681 exoplanets by tracking the shadows they cast as they pass in front of their stars.
NASA Bids Goodbye To Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 31, 2018
NASA has decided to retire its Kepler space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 planets and ran out of fuel needed for further science operations.
Scientists Think They've Found the First Moon Outside Our Solar System
Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Thursday October 4, 2018
Writing in the journal Science Advances, two Columbia University astronomers using the Kepler and Hubble space telescopes say they've found signs of a large gassy "exomoon".
NASA's Newest Planet Hunter Telescope Shares First Science Image
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 18, 2018
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NASA's newest planet hunter telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has now shared the first science image that it captured as part of its initial round of data collection.
Scientists Discover Exoplanet Twice as Big as Earth
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 10, 2018
The exoplanet Wolf 503b is in the Virgo constellation and it orbits its star every six days and is thus very close to it, about 10 times closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
New Exoplanet Twice The Size Of Earth Found 245 Light Years Away
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 10, 2018
Using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has discovered a new exoplanet twice the size of Earth and about 145 light years away
Exoplanets Where Life Could Develop As It Did On Earth Identified
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 2, 2018
Scientists have identified a group of exoplanets located outside our solar system, where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist.
NASA's TESS Satellite Starts Looking for Exoplanet Data
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 30, 2018
TESS will spend the next two years monitoring the nearest and brightest stars for periodic dips in their light, which suggest that a planet may be passing in front of its star.
New "Planet Hunter" Starts Scouring For "New Worlds"
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday July 29, 2018
After a successful launch in April this year, NASA's newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has now started its search for planets around nearby stars.
Newly Discovered Super-Earth Exoplanet May Harbour Alien Life, Study Claims
Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 16, 2019
Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a super-Earth with a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses. It orbits its red star every 233 days near the snow-line, a distance where water freezes.
Newly Discovered "Super-Earth" May Harbour Alien Life: Report
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 16, 2019
The recently discovered cold super-Earth exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf Barnard -- the second closest star system to Earth -- has the potential to harbour primitive life, says a study.
NASA Probe Discovers Third New Planet Outside Solar System
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 8, 2019
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a third small planet outside our solar system, scientists report.
NASA's TESS Planet Hunting Satellite Discovers Third New Exoplanet
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday January 8, 2019
The new planet named HD 21749b, orbits a bright, nearby dwarf star about 53 light years away in the constellation Reticulum.
100 New Exoplanets Discovered Just 3 Months With NASA's Kepler Telescope
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 4, 2018
An international team of astronomers have discovered more than 100 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) -- that revolve around stars other than the Sun -- in only three months, using a combination of ground- and space-based telescopes.
Astronomers Discover Over 100 New Exoplanets
Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday December 4, 2018
The team made the discovery in just three months.
So Long, Kepler, and Thanks for All the Planets
Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Thursday November 1, 2018
In nine years in orbit, Kepler has confirmed the existence of 2,681 exoplanets by tracking the shadows they cast as they pass in front of their stars.
NASA Bids Goodbye To Planet-Hunting Kepler Space Telescope
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday October 31, 2018
NASA has decided to retire its Kepler space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 planets and ran out of fuel needed for further science operations.
Scientists Think They've Found the First Moon Outside Our Solar System
Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post | Thursday October 4, 2018
Writing in the journal Science Advances, two Columbia University astronomers using the Kepler and Hubble space telescopes say they've found signs of a large gassy "exomoon".
NASA's Newest Planet Hunter Telescope Shares First Science Image
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday September 18, 2018
NASA's newest planet hunter telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has now shared the first science image that it captured as part of its initial round of data collection.
Scientists Discover Exoplanet Twice as Big as Earth
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 10, 2018
The exoplanet Wolf 503b is in the Virgo constellation and it orbits its star every six days and is thus very close to it, about 10 times closer than Mercury is to the Sun.
New Exoplanet Twice The Size Of Earth Found 245 Light Years Away
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday September 10, 2018
Using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has discovered a new exoplanet twice the size of Earth and about 145 light years away
Exoplanets Where Life Could Develop As It Did On Earth Identified
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday August 2, 2018
Scientists have identified a group of exoplanets located outside our solar system, where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist.
NASA's TESS Satellite Starts Looking for Exoplanet Data
Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 30, 2018
TESS will spend the next two years monitoring the nearest and brightest stars for periodic dips in their light, which suggest that a planet may be passing in front of its star.
New "Planet Hunter" Starts Scouring For "New Worlds"
Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday July 29, 2018
After a successful launch in April this year, NASA's newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has now started its search for planets around nearby stars.
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