Stars Invisible to the Eye Could Host Watery Exoplanets
Updated: 2023-05-30 14:45:00
Planets in orbit around dim red stars could serve as one of the universe's leading incubators of life.
Observers inspect complex magnetic field of the molecular cloud Lynds 43
Updated: 2023-05-29 14:56:44
Using the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), an international team of astronomers has observed a nearby molecular cloud designated Lynds 43. Results of the observations, published May 18 on the arXiv pre-print server, provide more hints into the complex magnetic field of this cloud.New 'super-Neptune' exoplanet discovered with TESS
Updated: 2023-05-25 14:42:18
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new hot, bloated "super-Neptune" exoplanet. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-2498 b, is about six times larger and 35 times more massive than the Earth. The finding was published May 16 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Data from Juno suggest lightning on Jupiter pulses in ways similar to lightning on Earth
Updated: 2023-05-24 14:49:01
A team of space scientists affiliated with several institutions in Czechia, Japan and the U.S. has found evidence of lightning pulses on Jupiter that are similar to those found on Earth. In their study, reported in the journal Nature Communications, the group examined years of data from the Juno space probe circling Jupiter.