For example, while still in its scientific checkout phase, scientists using ALMA have found evidence for Earth -
mass planets around nearby stars; as it nears its full complement of 66 antennas, ALMA will deduce the presence of many more exoplanets and study the chemical composition of the planetary nurseries.
Not exact matches
«While the current state of the technique can not detect Earths
around stars like the Sun, with Keck Observatory it should soon be possible to study the atmospheres of the so - called «super-Earth»
planets being discovered
around nearby low
mass stars, many of which do not transit,» Blake said.
Many of the
planets discovered by EDEN
around nearby stars will be suitable for in - depth atmospheric characterization,
mass, radius, and bulk density measurements through follow - up observations with large ground - and space - based telescopes, such as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.
On March 4, 2014, a team of astronomers announced that analysis of new and older radial - velocity data from
nearby red dwarf
stars revealed two super-Earths «b» and «c.»
Planet b has
around 4.4 (+3.7 / -2.4) Earth -
masses and an average orbital distance of 0.080 (+0.014 / -0.004) AU from host
star Gl 682.
On March 4, 2014, a team of astronomers announced that analysis of new and older radial - velocity data from
nearby red dwarf
stars revealed a
planet with a minimum of 32 (max 49) Earth -
masses at an average orbital distance of 0.97 AU from host
star Gl 229, with an orbital period
around 471 days (UH news release; and Tuomi et al, 2014).