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NASA plans to send a planet hunter to scan the Galaxy for 100,000 new alien worldsNASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is poised to discover approximately 100,000 exoplanets, significantly expanding our understanding ...- On this planet, clouds emerge every morning and disappear by night: James Webb Space Telescope reveals daily cloud cycle on WASP-94A bOn this planet, clouds emerge every morning and disappear by night as astronomers study the giant exoplanet WASP-94A b using the James Webb...
- How Close Is the Nearest Earth-Like Planet, Really?Astronomers are actively searching for Earth-like planets, with thousands of exoplanets now confirmed. While Proxima Centauri b is the clos...
- How Close Is the Nearest Potentially Habitable Exoplanet?Astronomers have identified Proxima Centauri b, a rocky planet just over four light-years away, as the closest potentially habitable exopla...
- Astronomers edge closer to confirming atmosphere on potentially habitable exoplanetAstronomers may confirm soon that an Earth-like environment on TRAPPIST-1 e, a rocky planet 40 light-years distant. The James Webb Space Te...
- New hope of extraterrestrial life? Scientists cautious about celebrating early, want recheckA University of Cambridge-led study has detected potential signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b, 120 light-years away, noting the presence of ...
- Scientists stumble upon a strange ‘Super-Earth’; Here's what makes it so unusualScientists from Oxford University have confirmed the discovery of HD 20794 d, a “super-Earth” exoplanet located 20 light-years away, which ...
- NASA finds 'Waterworld with a boiling ocean' on exoplanet. Know if life too has been found thereAn 'hycean' or a world of water under a hydrogen-rich atmosphere has been found on a sub-Neptune distant exoplanet. It contains an ocean of...
- Not just Moon, Chandrayaan-3 to also help Isro find other Earth-like exoplanetsThe scientific instrument SHAPE, aboard the Chandrayaan-3, has been successfully orbiting the Moon for 52 days and collecting valuable data...
- After moon mission, ISRO eyes dying stars, Venus, exo-planets: S SomanathThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced its plans to explore dying stars, exo-planets, and Venus. ISRO aims to launch t...
- Distant star TOI-700 has two potentially habitable planets orbiting it - making it an excellent candidate in the search for lifeWe are two of the astronomers who led the discovery of this planet, called TOI-700 e. TOI-700 e is just over 100 light years from Earth - t...
- China plans world's 1st nearby habitable planet search with space telescopeThe CHES will observe about 100 Sun-like stars 32 light-years away on a long-term survey, and will hopefully discover roughly 50 Earth-like...
- This exoplanet, twice the size of the Earth, may have right conditions for lifeIt has been suggested that K2-18b would be more like a smaller version of Neptune.
- Earth-like Proxima b planet unlikely to host alien life: NASAThe lack of atmosphere leaves the surface exposed to harmful stellar radiation, reducing the planet's potential for habitability.
- Proxima b unlikely to be habitable: NASAWashington, Aug 1 (IANS) Dampening hopes of finding alien life on the closest exoplanet ever discovered, a new NASA study says that the atm...
- NASA announces over 200 new planet candidatesWashington, June 20 (IANS) US space agency NASA announced that its Kepler space telescope has discovered 219 new planet candidates outside ...
- New exoplanet may be best place to look for alien lifeLondon, April 20 (IANS) A rocky exoplanet orbiting in the habitable zone of a red dwarf star 40 light-years from the Earth may be the best ...
- Newly found super-Earth may be best bet to hunt for alien lifeThe orbit is seen almost edge-on from Earth and as the exoplanet passes in front of the star once per orbit it blocks a little of its light...
- NASA's Kepler mission discovers over 1,200 new planetsAnalysis was performed on the Kepler space telescope's July 2015 planet candidate catalogue, which identified 4,302 potential planets.
- NASA scientists join search for extraterrestrial lifeThe effort by NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) is part of a broader push to identify Earth-like worlds.
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