Discovery Alert: A ‘Super-Earth’ in the Habitable Zone
2024年1月31日 · Key facts: The bigger planet, dubbed TOI-715 b, is about one and a half times as wide as Earth, and orbits within the “conservative” habitable zone around its parent star. That’s the distance from the star that could give the planet …
Scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable, Earth-size planet
2024年5月24日 · Two teams of scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet called Gliese 12b that’s smaller than Earth but bigger than Venus, just 40 light-years away.
Scientists Discover A New Planet That Could Support Life - TIME
2024年5月24日 · S cientists have discovered a new planet that may be able to support human life, according to a new study. The study, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on...
Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world - BBC
2023年9月12日 · Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope may have discovered tentative evidence of a sign of life on a faraway planet. It may have detected a molecule called dimethyl sulphide (DMS). On Earth, at...
Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b
2023年9月11日 · A new investigation with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide.
NASA Planet Hunter Finds its 1st Earth-size Habitable-zone World
2020年1月7日 · NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star’s habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface.
Researchers confirm an exoplanet potentially capable of sustaining life
3 天之前 · The new planet, named HD 20794 d, has a mass six times that of Earth and orbits a star similar to our sun, located just 20 light years away. ... Although the planet is located in the system's ...
Webb telescope spies signs of water on habitable-zone exoplanet - CNN
2023年9月12日 · Waters may be flowing on the surface of a colossal planet that lies about 120 light-years from Earth, according to new evidence uncovered by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Newly discovered super-Earth orbits in and out of its star's …
2025年1月28日 · The climate on such a world must be beyond bizarre. A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away. The planet, known as HD ...
A super-Earth laboratory for searching life elsewhere in the Universe
2025年1月29日 · The new planet lies in an eccentric orbit, so that it oscillates in and out of its star's habitable zone. This discovery is the fruit of 20 years of observations using the best telescopes in the ...