Moon-Forming Disc Discovered Around Very Young 5.4 Million-Year-Old Jupiter-Like Exoplanet; Astronomers Consider Their Discovery Important

Medicine & Technology Jul 24, 2021

For the first time, a Moon-forming disc has been discovered, providing astronomers with an understanding of early planetary systems.

How Can Planets Survive White Dwarf's Stellar Evolution? Signs of Life on Planet Near a Dying Star Impossible

Jul 21, 2021

A recent study presents the conditions on how life on a planet can survive throughout a stellar evolution.

Why Do Asteroids and Comets Have Weird Shape? The Reason Behind Moon and Star's Spherical Shape Explained

Jul 16, 2021

Have you ever wondered why celestial objects in our universe, such a stars and planets, have spherical shape? What causes the round formation of these massive bodies?

Experts Say Gardening Can Improve Your Well-Being Like Regular Intense Exercise

May 16, 2021

Gardening is often confined to its outputs, such as plants and trees without considering how growing them will improve people's health. Is gardening considered exercise?

Oxygen False Positives: Study Shows Ways to Get Oxygen in Lifeless Atmosphere

Apr 14, 2021

A new study shows a number of scenarios in which a rocky planet surrounding a sun-like star could evolve to have oxygen within its atmosphere.

New Insight on Molecules May Prove Life on Venus, Other Planets

Apr 14, 2021

Scientists shed light on spotting molecules on the atmosphere of Venus or other planets to prove if life existed there.

Uranus First-Ever X-Ray Emission Detected, Scientists Studying Its Origin

Apr 01, 2021

Astronomers are determining the cause of X-Rays emitted for the first time from Uranus.

“Cotton-Candy” Exoplanet WASP-107b Apparently Has Less Core Mass Than Previously Thought

Jan 19, 2021

Astronomers from the University of Montreal (UdeM) discovered that the core mass for exoplanet WASP-107b is a lot lower than previously thought necessary to form giant gas planets such as Saturn and Jupiter.

Mars Still Experiences Landslides Like Any Active Planet

Jan 15, 2021

Mars was thought of as a dead planet during the 1960s and 1970s but the Marsquakes and landslides observed in the later years have proven that it is still an active planet.

This Six-Planet System Is Orbiting In Almost Perfect Orbital Resonance

Jan 06, 2021

Astronomers found that the six-planet system is orbiting the sun, known as HD 158259, in an almost perfect orbital resonance.

Kepler Space Telescope Reveals About 300 Million Habitable Planets

Nov 14, 2020

Scientists found that about 50 percent of Sun-like stars consist of rocky planets that have the ability to host "liquid water on their surfaces."

Astronomers Identified 24 Habitable Planets That Are 'Better for Life' Than Earth

Oct 15, 2020

Researchers from Washington University discovered 24 'superhabitable planets' that are believed to be better for life than Earth.

An AI Algorithm Was Used to Identify Exoplanets

Aug 26, 2020

Scientists created a new AI algorithm to validate planets by sorting through thousands of data collected by NASA. They hope that the future missions can also make use of algorithm as well as other techniques to validate planets.

Scientists Discover Hot Jupiters That Rain Titanium, and That's Not the Best Part of the Research Yet!

Jun 09, 2020

In a new study, astronomers study the atmosphere of Hot Jupiters, exoplanets which may enable them to understand our own Jupiter in the future.

Welcome to the Universe, New Planet! Astronomers Discover Evidence of a New World Forming Around a Distant Star

May 20, 2020

Watch VIDEO! A new planet is born, and astronomers celebrate having captured the first image of a new planet in its formation. The new world was captured by European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope located in Chile. Click the link above to watch an informative video on the new planet.