For centuries, no one knew if we were alone in the universe—or if there were even other planets like ours.
But thanks to new telescopes and methods in the past decades, we now know there are thousands and thousands of planets out there circling faraway stars, and they come in all sorts of shapes and sizes—large and small, rocky and gaseous, cloudy or icy or wet.
Rocky Histories: The Effect Of High Excitations On The Formation Of Rocky Planets - Astrobiology
Rocky planets both in and outside of our solar system are observed to have a range of core-mass fractions (CMFs).
Imperfect collisions can preferentially strip mantle material from a planet, changing its CMF, and are therefore thought to be the most likely cause of this observed CMF variation.
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JWST collects five times as much light as the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), allowing it to detect faint signals from distant worlds using its spectroscopic capabilities.
"Before the James Webb Space Telescope, only a very small number of molecules could be observed, such as water, carbon monoxide and sodium," said Jérémy Leconte, astrophysicist at the University of Bordeaux in France.
Wanted: A name for one of 20 'new' planets — and here's how you could be the one to pick it
Researchers believe that GJ 436 b is Neptune-like, meaning it is primarily made of gases rather than metals. Researchers have hypothesised that the planet may be made of an exotic type of water "ice" made hard by pressure rather than temperature.
International scientists are looking for names for 20 planets and you could be the one to give GJ 367 b or GJ 436 b their real name.
Dr. Brendan Dyck's passion reaches from the tiniest minerals to entire planets - UBC Okanagan News
"These unsolved earth sciences problems were really captivating because they were very tangible. They seemed like questions we should know the answers to already. I thought, yes, I can make a difference there."
AS BRENDAN DYCK SAT IN HIS INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY COURSE as an undergraduate student, he couldn't help but be fascinated by the questions boggling earth scientists, like why the polarity of Earth's magnetic field reverses roughly every half million years.
Scientists are close to solving an exoplanet mystery
Today, the number of confirmed exoplanets stands at 5,197 in 3,888 planetary systems , with another 8,992 candidates awaiting confirmation. The majority have been particularly massive planets, ranging from Jupiter and Neptune-sized gas giants, which have radii about 2.5 times that of Earth.
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Save 21% on the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ ahead of Black Friday | Space
If you're searching for Black Friday telescope deals then saving 21% on the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ refractor telescope could be what you're looking for.
If you're looking for something to inspire a budding astronomer or if you want to try your hand at stargazing, this is an ideal telescope for you. It's built with Celestron's usual quality, it's lightweight and it comes with a collapsible tripod.
Podcast Listeners Find Secrets Of The Universe In The Metaverse | BIN: Black Information Network
Over the weekend the metaverse collided with the real world as physicist Daniel Whiteson and cartoonist Jorge Cham came online to bring a special episode of their podcast to iHeartLand in Roblox and Fortnite .
"We like to talk about planets and galaxies," said Jorge. "But we never thought we'd get to do it from another world!"
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