Sentences with phrase «other star systems»

Until now, scientists were uncertain whether these molecules would be found in the atmospheres of large, extremely hot planets in other star systems.

Extraterrestrial intelligent (ETI) civilizations may choose to pursue astronomy and search for planets orbiting other star systems and may also choose to follow - up on some of these targets by deploying their own remote exploratory spacecraft.

With a roll of your mouse's scroll wheel, you zoom out to see your star system in the context of dozens of other star systems.

It presents an original solution to a fundamental challenge of colonizing other star systems using ships that travel at sub — light speeds.

I envision giant sails doubling their duty as giant antennas, collecting information and beaming it back with incredible algorithms of information compression — and other tricks that haven't been invented yet — that provide lots of information about other star systems.

While this exozodiacal light — zodiacal light around other star systems — had been previously detected, this is the first large systematic study of this phenomenon around nearby stars.

Present - day study of other planetary systems is so far limited to remote observation with telescopes, but future plans for exploration include the design and deployment of small robotic exploratory spacecraft toward other star systems.

So, if other star systems contain gas giant exoplanets, it stands to reason that they would have the same effect on bodies orbiting close to their star.

To help answer the question, scientists are also turning toward Mars, where the sedimentary record of early planetary history predates the oldest Earth rocks, and other star systems with planets.

Voluminous radio signals from other star systems have been collected, but they remain almost impossible to decode.

«Transit timing variations» may sound a little spooky, but the method has since been used in other star systems to detect the presence of hidden, phantom worlds.

The discovery of planets orbiting other star systems, including similar binary systems (Gamma Cephei), raises the possibility that additional planets may exist in the Alpha Centauri system.

Strange new planetary species abound, such as «hot Jupiters», giant planets that hug their parent stars in an all - too - warm orbital embrace — evidence that, at least in other star systems, planets really do wander.

And having a base on Mars, where there is a lot of travel to and from Earth, will create a powerful incentive for developing technology that will enable us to travel to other star systems.

Although astronomers have spotted hydrogen cyanide in other star systems, the two more complicated chemical relatives detected in this study have never been seen in a protoplanetary disk.

For planetary scientists like Jackson, being able to observe objects like these may yield important clues about how planet formation works in other star systems.

According to Weaver, the size of our sun, the region of the galaxy in which it formed, even how long it took for the planets to form — all these characteristics are different in other star systems and may influence the chemical inventory available to any Earth - like planets orbiting there.

And from what we've learned about the rich diversity of the planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system, we shouldn't underestimate what we might discover in other star systems, says Soderblom.

But now we know that O2 can be produced in space «abiotically» (not through biological processes), and other star systems may produce O2 similarly, potentially creating a «false positive» in our search for extraterrestrial biomarkers.

Measurements of these interactions in other star systems could reveal new information about the strength of planets» magnetic fields — and thus their potential for harbouring life.

A third interstellar flight mode is used to travel to other star systems, but, aside from just picking a destination and hitting the FSD button, this flight mode isn't really interactive.