‘Excitingly’ it’s ‘only 20 light-years’ away from us, discoverer Dr Michael Cretignier explained Our Universe is so vast that there simply has to be life beyond Earth—I mean, it’s still expanding infinitely in all directions. Well, we might be closer … Read More
Earth’s magnetic field protects life on our blue planet — and astronomers just found evidence of a magnetic field on a rocky exoplanet 12 light-years away. In a recent study published in the journal Nature Astronomy, scientists reported detecting evidence … Read More
HD 206893 c is on the boundary between a planet and a brown dwarf, or “failed star.” A group of scientists from around the world, with Professor Sasha Hinkley from the University of Exeter leading the team, have recently discovered … Read More
LHS 475 b is a rocky exoplanet roughly the same size as Earth that orbits very close to a small, dim star. And for the first time, researchers are able to study the planet’s atmosphere. The James Webb Space Telescope … Read More
In the entire Universe, we know of only one planet capable of supporting life. That is the planet Earth. So, when we look for exoplanets that could support life, we look for a rocky exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star at … Read More
The Kepler Space Telescope has been scanning the cosmos for habitable worlds beyond our Solar System since its first light in 2009. During one of its routine observations, the telescope noticed something very unusual. A strange and intriguing star sits … Read More