What's new on TRAPPIST-1 system? Life forms from one planet can spread to others in just 10 years
Triggering a new research into this path-breaking finding of TRAPPIST-1 planets, researchers led by Sebastiaan Krijt, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago, analysed whether life forms from one planet can seed life in other planets, owing to their closeness.
May 01, 2017, 17:08 PM IST
Transiting exoplanets cause their ultra-cool host – TRAPPIST-1 – to change its brightness!
Kepler has managed to detect a change in brightness when a planet passes in front of a star from the vantage point of the telescope.
Mar 12, 2017, 22:09 PM IST
Exoplanets discovery: NASA's Kepler provides more information about TRAPPIST-1
Scientists believe the release of the raw, uncalibrated data collected will aid astronomers in preparing proposals due this month to use telescopes on Earth next winter to further investigate TRAPPIST-1.
Mar 09, 2017, 11:30 AM IST
Exoplanets with volcanic hydrogen may harbour extraterrestrial life, say scientists!
The idea that hydrogen can warm a planet is not new, but an Earth-like planet cannot hold onto its hydrogen for more than a few million years.
Feb 28, 2017, 20:16 PM IST
TRAPPIST-1: Six incredible facts about the host star of the newly discovered seven exoplanets!
The star hosting the seven exoplanets isn't being talked about much, but holds equal importance since it is the body the new planets are orbiting.
Feb 23, 2017, 10:27 AM IST
Google celebrates NASA's new exoplanet discovery with delightful doodle!
The rare late-day, special doodle shows planet Earth looking through NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and spotting the star and the seven Earth-like planets.
Feb 23, 2017, 08:25 AM IST
NASA is about to unveil new discoveries on exoplanets this week!
Prominent NASA scientists, astronomers and a professor of planetary science and physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology will participate at the briefing.
Feb 21, 2017, 12:42 PM IST
Studying hazy, distant exoplanets for signs of life: This is what happened on Archean Earth
As per a latest report from NASA, Earth’s atmosphere seems to have been quite different then, probably with little available oxygen but high levels of methane, ammonia and other organic chemicals.
Feb 09, 2017, 10:21 AM IST
New test to detect signs of life on alien planets
The test uses a liquid-based technique known as capillary electrophoresis to separate a mixture of organic molecules into its components.
Jan 30, 2017, 11:47 AM IST
Discovered – Astronomers find 24 new isolated 'Hot Earth' exoplanets!
Hot Earths are Earth-sized exoplanets that exist close to their stars, making them unlikely to support life.
Oct 13, 2016, 11:58 AM IST
The solar system is home to millions of Jupiter-like planets, reveals NASA!
Hot Jupiters, Cold Jupiters, maybe even Jupiters bigger than Jupiter itself – there are many versions of our own king size one.
Aug 28, 2016, 22:18 PM IST
NASA's Hubble conducts first atmospheric study of earth-sized exoplanets (Watch)
The findings increase the chances of habitability on two exoplanets - TRAPPIST-1b and TRAPPIST-1c.
Jul 21, 2016, 09:28 AM IST
More than 100 exoplanets confirmed during NASA's Kepler K2 mission!
A planetary system comprising four promising planets that could be rocky have also been confirmed.
Jul 19, 2016, 09:10 AM IST
Astronomers find 'hot Jupiters' more common in star clusters
A team astronomers found that planets known as 'hot Jupiters' are more common in a star cluster in the constellation of Cancer than around stars outside clusters.
Jun 18, 2016, 00:20 AM IST
Did our Sun steal 'Planet 9' 4.5 billion years ago?
Computer-simulated study suggests that our sun, in its youth some 4.5 billion years ago, stole Planet 9 from its original star.
Jun 01, 2016, 14:29 PM IST
Three new Earth-like planets found, could sustain life
Michael Gillon and the team from the University of Liege started their research project five years ago. Only in September last year they discovered three planets orbiting around a nearby dwarf star known as Trappist 1.
May 16, 2016, 00:12 AM IST
New planet-hunting tool to refine exoplanet search
A team of scientists has developed a new refined tool to search for exoplanets orbiting distant stars or other planetary detections.
Apr 12, 2016, 15:11 PM IST
Astronomers discover stripped Hot Super-Earths!
Researchers used asteroseismology to study the internal properties of these planets and their stars to a level that are unseen before.
Apr 11, 2016, 23:54 PM IST
NASA: Planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft enters emergency mode
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New Delhi: It's the second time in a row that Kepler spacecraft has placed itself in emergency mode.
Apr 10, 2016, 12:43 PM IST
Planets similar to earth have identical interiors
In comparison, about a third of the Earth's mass is in its core.
Feb 09, 2016, 10:45 AM IST
