In 1992, astronomers discovered the first planet outside the solar system.
In a word, no, said Jonathan Lunine, chair of the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University. That is, at least not as far as we know.
Scientists estimate that there are as many planets as stars in our galaxy, Lunine said, but those planets aren't evenly distributed.
Here's what's been going on:
Second alien moon orbiting a planet discovered outside our solar system, its big and strange
For only the second time, astronomers have detected what appears to be a moon orbiting a planet in another solar system. Just like the first time, this one has traits suggesting that such moons may differ greatly from those populating our solar system.
Data obtained by Nasa's Kepler space telescope before it was retired in 2018 indicated the presence of a moon 2.6 times the diameter of Earth orbiting a Jupiter-sized gas giant about 5,700 light-years away from our solar system in the direction of the Cygnus and Lyra constellations, scientists
Mars Ingenuity is the first aircraft to be forced to land on another planet owing to bad weather
All of us have gone to that place. But until this month, we haven’t had a flight that was delayed because of bad weather on another planet.
After an unexpected dust storm raced over the area, NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter, due for flight 19 on the red planet, had to postpone its planned takeoff on January 5, 2022.
NASA: "Citizen scientists" help discover new planet
NASA says that in their work collaborating alongside "citizen scientists," a new planet has now been discovered beyond our solar system.
Citizens from all over can view telescope data shared by the space agency to work with professional astronauts and discover signs of exoplanets, which are planets that are far into space, light years away from Earth.
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