As the pace of
discoveries outside our solar system increases, weird worlds are starting to crop up.
Not exact matches
The
discovery of more than 330 planets
outside our
solar system in recent...
Since the star
system's
discovery in 2017, it's been a prime focus for scientists seeking life
outside of our
solar system because some of the seven planets might have the right conditions to host life (SN: 12/23/17, p. 25).
The
discovery of seven Earth - sized planets orbiting a single cool star fuels a debate over what counts as good news in the search for life
outside the
solar system.
In January Kepler astronomers announced the
discovery of the first definitively rocky planet
outside our
solar system, Kepler - 10 b.
Since the
discovery of planets
outside our
solar system in the 1990s, astronomers have tallied more than 400 extrasolar worlds, many unlike anything known before.
This
discovery marks a significant increase in the number of known small - sized planets more akin to Earth than previously identified exoplanets, which are planets
outside our
solar system.
Since the
discovery of the first planets
outside our
solar system roughly two decades ago, verification has been a laborious planet - by - planet process.
New work led by Carnegie's Jacqueline Faherty surveyed various properties of 152 suspected young brown dwarfs in order to categorize their diversity and found that atmospheric properties may be behind much of their differences, a
discovery that may apply to planets
outside the
solar system as well.
The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn't where astrophysicists expected it to be — a
discovery that challenges scientists» understanding of the many planets of this type found in
solar systems outside our own.
Mendez was hoping for the 2013
discovery of an «Earth 2.0,» an Earth - size planet
outside of our
solar system that could support life.
(McGill University) The hottest point on a gaseous planet near a distant star isn't where astrophysicists expected it to be — a
discovery that challenges scientists» understanding of the many planets of this type found in
solar systems outside our own.
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.
We now know they might, thanks to
discoveries since 1995 of planets
outside our
solar system.
They claimed, and the excited media announced, the
discovery of the first planet
outside our
solar system.
In 1995, University of Geneva astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the
discovery of the first planet
outside our
solar system, a Jupiterlike giant orbiting around a «main sequence» star similar to our sun, 51 Pegasi [source: Mayor and Queloz].
Technological developments beginning in the 1980s finally made it possible for astronomers to actually detect planets
outside our
solar system, and the first
discoveries of such exoplanets were made in the 1990's by NSF - funded astronomers.
Imagine how the
discovery of life
outside our
solar system would alter our priorities for space exploration and how we view our place in the universe.
Fellow astronomers were quite surprised in 1990 when Alex Wolszczan and «Dale Frail announced the
discovery of the first three planets
outside the
Solar System around PSR B1257 +12 during a pulsars survey (Wolszczan and Frail, 1992.
Unfortunately, for those hoping that Europa or Mars might harbor life, NASA is fairly confident that the
discovery of extraterrestrials will probably be
outside our
Solar System rather than within it.
SJSU Associate Professor Natalie Batalha, as a member of NASA's Kepler mission, contributed to the
discovery of the smallest planet ever identified
outside of our
solar system.
Based on the
discovery of a new inhabitable planet
outside our
solar system visitors are invited to contribute to the exhibition with stories, information, architectural models and skills to help reflect on the past, present and future of MK.
The
discovery of exoplanets (planets
outside our
Solar System) has occurred at a rapid pace.