Earth-size exoplanet confirmed in star’s habitable zone
TOI 700 e is nearly as big as Earth, likely rocky, and has a 28-day orbit around an M dwarf star located 100 light-years away in the constellation Dorado.
Jan 16, 2023
Author: Vincent McDermott
Exoplanet slowly heading towards fiery demise
The planet’s doom is found in the same tidal forces responsible for the daily rise and fall of Earth’s oceans.
Jan 13, 2023
Strange periods found in 40-year study of Jupiter
The study found that Jupiter’s temperatures rise and fall following definite periods that are outside the planet’s normal seasonal cycle.
Jan 12, 2023
Neutron star has solid crust, powerful magnetic fields
Astronomers used IXPE to study the magnetar 4U 0142+61, which is 13,000 light years from Earth and located in the Cassiopeia constellation.
Jan 09, 2023
‘Broccoli gas’ a possible indicator of life
Gases produced from plants similar to broccoli could indicate life if they were detected in the atmospheres of exoplanets, according to a study.
Jan 06, 2023
Perseverance leaves first batch of rock samples
The rover will spend the next few weeks leaving the first batch of samples at a location called Three Forks.
Jan 05, 2023
Mars InSight mission ends
NASA will continue listening for a signal from the lander, although the agency knows they will likely never hear from InSight again.
Jan 03, 2023
Fireball shines light on Solar System origins
UWO researchers calculated the object’s trajectory and found it travelled on an orbit usually reserved for icy long-period comets from the Oort Cloud.
Dec 29, 2022
Juno studying volcanic Jovian moon Io
Scientists will observe Io’s volcanoes and how these eruptions interact with Jupiter’s magnetosphere and aurora.
Dec 27, 2022
