Sentences with phrase «known exoplanet called»

Not exact matches

In addition to our solar system's eight near - and - dear planets, there are more than 800 so - called exoplanets known to circle stars beyond our sun.

Astronomers currently know of roughly 200 planets circling nearby stars, and more and more of these so - called exoplanets are discovered every year.

«The question whether so - called exoplanets are habitable or not is difficult to answer, as we do not know all the necessary conditions a planet has to fulfill in order to be habitable,» said Yann Alibert of the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) at the University of Bern.

NESSI will focus on about 100 exoplanets, ranging from massive versions of Earth, called super-Earths, to scorching gas giants known as «hot Jupiters.»

Needless to say, all this talk of «Earth - sized» worlds (and the much - hyped «Earth - like» misnomer) has added fuel to the extraterrestrial life question: If there's a preponderance of small exoplanets - some of which orbit within the «sweet - spot» of the habitable zones of their parent stars - could life as we know it (or Earth - Brand ™ Life as I like to call it) also be thriving there?

Before this discovery, NASA had identified 12 exoplanets that are within the so - called Goldilocks zone, the orbital area around a star that could potentially support life as we know it.

It also lets us know how common exoplanets are in the habitable regions around stars, where the temperatures are not too hot and not too cold, where liquid water can exist, and complex molecules may have figured out the processes we call life.