Sentences with phrase «sized planet outside the solar system»

Astronomers have discovered an Earth - sized planet outside our solar system which is expected to be temperate and could be a «comfortable abode for possible life».

For the first time, water vapour has been detected in the atmosphere of a Neptune - sized planet outside the solar system.

Extrasolar planets are extremely hot right now — some researchers are predicting it's only a matter of time until we discover Earth - size planets outside the solar system — and Scientific American has elaborate coverage of these developments.

Not exact matches

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.

Researchers expect to find water on many planets outside the solar system, called exoplanets, including Jupiter - size gas giants such as HD 189733 b and HD 209458 b, which orbits a different star.

«Essentially, they are offering a window into the scientific future: Kepler will soon detect an Earth - sized planet outside of the solar system.»

More than 350 researchers from around the globe gathered at the Extreme Solar Systems (ESS) II conference in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., to share their findings on these newfound exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, of every size and configuraSolar Systems (ESS) II conference in Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., to share their findings on these newfound exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, of every size and configurasolar system, of every size and configuration.

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.

Such information may be used to measure the planet's mass, which could make Kepler 78b the first Earth - sized planet outside our own solar system whose mass is known.

While it is unlikely that astronomers will continue to find larger objects in the belt, Brown says that the region outside the belt, in the coldest hinterland of the solar system, could very well hold planet - size rocks.

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.

NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is an observatory in space dedicated to finding planets outside our solar system, particularly alien planets that are around the same size as Earth in the «habitable» regions of their parent star.

Leslie Sage, an authority on exoplanets (planets outside our Solar System), was perplexed when he learned about hot Jupiters — Jupiter - size planets orbiting so close to their stars that they complete an orbit every few days.

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.

The planet, which is about 1.6 times the size of Earth, is also the nearest confirmed rocky planet outside our solar system.

The uncertainty of 120 km on our measurement of the planet's size currently renders it one of the most precisely measured planetary radii outside of the Solar System.

Artist Statement TESS - NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will be scanning for new planets outside of our solar system, ranging from Earth - sized ones to gas giants, monitoring 200 000...