Those theories got a jolt 10 years ago, when astronomers first began
discovering planets outside our solar system orbiting other stars.
Using recently
discovered planets outside our solar system (exoplanets) as examples, they investigated the potential for these planets to host life.
Not exact matches
The newly
discovered exoplanets, or
planets outside of the earth's
solar system, were found after researchers applied the same AI techniques that help computers recognize images like cats in photos to data gathered from the Kepler space telescope.
Astronomers have
discovered an Earth - sized
planet outside our
solar system which is expected to be temperate and could be a «comfortable abode for possible life».
Data on the 500 - and - counting
planets discovered outside of our
solar system in the past decade are revolutionizing researchers» understanding of how planetary
systems form and evolve.
If we don't understand those three
planets and what makes them the same and what makes them different, we're going to be hard - pressed to interpret the new
planets that we're
discovering outside our own
solar system.»
The first
planets outside the
solar system were
discovered 25 years ago — not around a normal star like our Sun, but instead orbiting a tiny, super-dense «neutron star».
In the past two decades more than 1,800 extrasolar
planets (or exoplanets) have been
discovered outside our
solar system orbiting around other stars.
Lawrence Livermore scientists for the first time have experimentally re-created the conditions that exist deep inside giant
planets, such as Jupiter, Uranus and many of the
planets recently
discovered outside our
solar system.
You have been studying exoplanets —
planets outside the
solar system that orbit Sun - like stars — almost since they were first
discovered.
Extrasolar
planets are extremely hot right now — some researchers are predicting it's only a matter of time until we
discover Earth - size
planets outside the
solar system — and Scientific American has elaborate coverage of these developments.
Journey to the Exoplanets is a hands - on introduction to the distant
planets that continue to be
discovered outside our
Solar System.
A team of European astronomers has located what may be the largest collection of
planets discovered to date
outside our own
solar system.
To date scientists have
discovered 1,700 exoplanets,
planets outside of our
solar system.
Data from three of NASA's space telescopes have helped astronomers
discover clear skies and water vapor on a gaseous
planet outside our
solar system.
Scientists have
discovered a new
planet near in size to Earth, and because of its resemblance and close proximity, it's «arguably the most important
planet ever found
outside the
solar system,» the University of Maryland's Drake Deming wrote in a commentary supplementary to a scientific report about the discovery, USA Today reported Wednesday.
Astronomers have measured and mapped a weather
system on a
planet outside our
solar system for the first time ever, and
discovered a world where raging winds blow at nearly 5,400 miles per hour — nearly 20 times greater than the fastest ever recorded on Earth.
Five new
planets have been
discovered outside our
solar system, all orbiting a sun - like star located within the constellation Aquarius, nearly 620 light years...
In 1984, major radio and television networks reported that astronomers at Kitt Peak National Observatory had
discovered the first
planet outside the
solar system.
The search for exoplanets (
planets outside our
solar system) became more significant in the late 90s - the first exoplanet was
discovered in 1996.
Of the 209 extrasolar
planets (those
outside the
solar system)
discovered as of November 2006, most have masses which are about the same as, or larger than, Jupiter.
The past decade has marked a period of great progress in our quest to
discover and characterize exoplanets, or
planets outside of our own
solar system.
«Before
discovering the first
planet outside the
Solar System, we were limited by our anthropocentric preconceptions and were searching for
systems like ours», argues Barrado.
[See «Have
Planets Been
Discovered Outside the
Solar System?»
Astronomers have made great strides in
discovering planets outside of our
solar system, termed «exoplanets.»
Scientists have
discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a
planet outside our
solar system on WASP - 121b, an exoplanet described as a «hot Jupiter».
Scientists have
discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a
planet outside our
solar system, or exoplanet.