A search
for nearby dwarf galaxies that should show the same signal have proved fruitless, leaving physicists disappointed after five years of excitement.
Not exact matches
A plethora of new observatories — chief among them NASA's multi-billion-dollar James Webb Space Telescope, slated to launch in 2019 — could soon begin studying the planets of TRAPPIST - 1 and other
nearby red -
dwarf planets
for signs of habitability and life.
Located 1,350 light - years away, the Orion Nebula is a relatively
nearby laboratory
for studying the star formation process across a wide range, from opulent giant stars to diminutive red
dwarf stars and elusive, faint brown
dwarfs.
Other recent discoveries of
nearby Earth - sized planets have been around red
dwarf stars, including TRAPPIST - 1 and Proxima Centauri, but these create less favorable conditions
for life.
Astronomers have discovered three exoplanets in orbit around a
nearby dwarf star, making them good targets
for atmospheric analysis
«In 2007, we began our long - term search
for gas giant planets and brown
dwarfs orbiting
nearby low mass
dwarf stars,» said Boss.
GJ 1214 b was discovered by the MEarth Project, a campaign using eight amateur - size telescopes to monitor
nearby M
dwarfs for periodic dimming caused by transiting planets.
A Carnegie - based search of
nearby galaxies
for their oldest stars has uncovered two stars in the Sculptor
dwarf galaxy that were born shortly after the galaxy formed, approximately 13 billion years ago.
In 2006 the team began a new search
for brown
dwarfs, observing five
nearby star forming regions.
A Search
for L / T Transition
Dwarfs With Pan-STARRS1 and WISE: Discovery of Seven
Nearby Objects Including Two Candidate Spectroscopic Variables
The Pan-STARRS1 Proper - motion Survey
for Young Brown
Dwarfs in
Nearby Star - forming Regions.
This highlights the importance of searching
for life around these
nearby red
dwarf stars, namely the Red Dots campaign.
Seven temperate Earth - sized exoplanets readily amenable
for atmospheric studies transit the
nearby ultracool
dwarf star TRAPPIST - 1 (refs 1,2).
Following on from the success of Pale Red Dot, our team are now searching
for more terrestrial rocky worlds around
nearby red
dwarfs.
The overabundance of brown
dwarfs and low - mass planetary bodies skewing the IMF
for the nebula will surely refine these models further, and by understanding how
nearby nebulae form stars, we can gain a better comprehension of how their distant cousins do the same.
From the original description, the team knew they were looking
for a nova eruption — an extremely powerful explosion, where a white
dwarf is fed by hydrogen from a
nearby star.
On the other hand, several similarities were discovered with the chemical composition observed
for stars in
nearby massive
dwarf galaxies, such as Sagittarius and the Large Magellanic Cloud.