TESS telescope has found a nearby super-Earth
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) telescope discovered a relatively close super-Earth exoplanet, at 31 light-years from us.
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18 Earth-sized exoplanets discovered
Astronomers using a new method to find small planets orbiting nearby stars, which previous surveys had overlooked, discovered 18 Earth-sized exoplanets.
The best places to look for closest Earth-like Planets
NASA’s new Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will observe 400,000 stars across the whole sky to catch a glimpse of a planet transiting across the face of its
TRAPPIST-1
Take a planet-hopping excursion through the TRAPPIST-1 system. Only 40 light-year away.
7 Earth-sized planets have been discovered
7 Earth-sized planets have been discovered in a Star system 40 lights-years away.
This Planet in 1,200 light-years away could support Life
Astronomers combine climate, orbit models to show that exoplanet Kepler-62f might be able to support life.
Aliens might just not have yet to be Born
According to a new theoretical study, most Earth-like exoplanets have yet to be born.
Scientists began year-long isolation to simulate life on Mars
Six NASA scientists began year-long isolation mission to simulate life on Mars, in a dome atop Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
Newly discovered planet is the most similar yet to Earth
NASA’s Kepler mission discovers Kepler-452b exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone, that is the most similar yet to Earth.
Underground ocean larger than Earth’s on Ganymede moon
500 million miles from the Sun lies Ganymede moon, slightly larger than the planet Mercury, orbiting Jupiter and may contain more water than all of Earth’s oceans.