The telescopes of the SPECULOOS Southern Observatory in the Atacama desert in Chile were used to discover SPECULOOS-2c
A pair of rocky planets slightly larger than Earth that closely orbit a dim red dwarf star seem habitable and one of them appears to be the second most habitable exoplanet discovered so far.
Astronomers Discover Two "Super-Earth" Planets About 100 Light-Years Away
By University of Birmingham September 7, 2022 Artist's view showing the red star and its two planets, together with some of the telescopes used for the discovery. The data that led to the discovery is depicted on the solar panels of the TESS satellite.
"TESS searches for exoplanets using the transit method, by monitoring the brightness of thousands of stars simultaneously, looking for slight dimmings that might be caused by planets passing in front of their stars," explains Laetitia Delrez, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Liège ...
Planetary heist: Astronomers show massive stars can steal Jupiter-sized planets
Until now their formation has been something of a mystery, as massive stars emit large amounts of ultraviolet radiation that stops planets from growing to the size of Jupiter—the largest planet in our solar system .
Dr. Emma Daffern-Powell, Co-author of the study, from the University of Sheffield's Department of Physics and Astronomy added, "Our previous research has shown that in stellar nurseries stars can steal planets from other stars, or capture what we call 'free-floating' planets.
See some stars that have planets | Looking Up
An exciting part of astronomical research these days is the study of exoplanets. The first planet orbiting another star beside the Sun was not confirmed until 1995. According to NASA, as of August 30, 2022 we know of 5,071 confirmed planets in 3,799 planetary systems.
While you won't be able to see them in your backyard telescope, some of the stars you can see tonight without any optical aid are known to have planets.
A rocky planet known as LP 890-9c or SPECULOOS-2c may be the second most habitable exoplanet ever seen https://t.co/qoylexS6bL newscientist (from Worldwide) Wed Sep 07 13:44:49 +0000 2022
System Unknown NFT Collection
#NFT #ETH #nftgiveaways #nftcommunity #Giveaways #NFTPromotion #ART
https://opensea.io/collection/systemunknown
Check out the System Unknown artwork. Click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment