Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn't Be There - NASA Science (science.nasa.gov)
A large, gaseous planet orbits a red giant star that should have destroyed it. It's 530 light-years from Earth.
Astrophysicists Unlock Mysterious Secrets of Strange Lava Worlds (scitechdaily.com)
Study reveals how magma oceans may affect the evolution of hot exoplanets. Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system. To date, nearly 50% of all rocky exoplanets yet discovered ha
Forget Alien Megastructures. New Study Says We Need to Look For 'Service Worlds'. (www.sciencealert.com)
In 1960, Freeman Dyson proposed how advanced civilizations could create megastructures that enclosed their system, allowing them to harness all of their star's energy and multiplying the habitable space they could occupy.
James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet (phys.org)
In a solar system called TRAPPIST-1, 40 light years from the sun, seven Earth-sized planets revolve around a cold star.
Webb discovers methane and carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b (www.esa.int)
A new investigation by an international team of astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. The discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b...
Beyond 5,500 Worlds: A Sextet of New Exoplanets Sends Discovery Milestone Skyward (scitechdaily.com)
Scientists have discovered six new exoplanets, taking the total to 5,502. With advancements in technology, the field of exoplanet research has grown exponentially since the first discovery in 1992, and upcoming instruments promise even deeper insights.
Saturn-sized exoplanet discovered with TESS (phys.org)
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new giant exoplanet transiting a nearby M-dwarf star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4860 b, is comparable in size and mass to Saturn. The finding is reported in a paper published August 2 on the pre-print...
Webb telescope spots water in a nearby planetary system | CNN (www.cnn.com)
The James Webb Space Telescope detected water vapor swirling around a planetary system 370 light-years away.
Water found around young planet shows Earth could have always been wet (archive.is)
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted water vapour in an area where planets may be forming, which could present an answer to the debate over how Earth got its water
Cosmic Nomads: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Could Find 400 Earth-Mass Rogue Planets (scitechdaily.com)
New research conducted by scientists from NASA and Japan’s Osaka University suggests that rogue planets, or worlds that drift through space untethered to a star, significantly outnumber planets that orbit stars. The results indicate that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled for launch
Water worlds in the galaxy could be 100 times more common than once thought (mashable.com)
A new study increases the odds of finding the 'origins of life' in the Milky Way.
'Like a mirror': Astronomers identify most reflective exoplanet (phys.org)
A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers said on Monday.
We Need to Widen the ‘Habitable Zones’ Seen around Alien Stars (www.scientificamerican.com)
When looking for life in space, we should broaden our horizons...
