27 March 2019
Storm-plagued exoplanet revealed in detail with GRAVITY
... planetary systems form. HR8799e is also completely inhospitable too; the exoplanet suffers from a powerful greenhouse effect – a bit like Venus – which heats the super giant to a scorching hot temperature of roughly 1000 °C. The exoplanet also...
17 April 2019
Proxima Centauri may host a second exoplanet, but its first might not be there
... Earth-like water-world would then surely rest with Proxima b; a possible twin Earth but just a bit smaller. Perhaps not. When news spread that an exoplanet had been found around our nearest star...
01 May 2019
Evidence for first confirmed exomoon under question
... it, while one does not. Despite the implied negative responses, it's not all done and dusted and a bit of a hopeless cause, as rest assured there is no such thing as never say never in science, especially in astronomy. “We need more...
19 June 2019
Two new Earth-like planets found around nearby star
... of its accidental discovery. Now, this low-temperature, and low mass star, which if it was packed with a bit less gaseous material would make it a brown dwarf instead of a red dwarf, has been found to house two...
09 September 2019
Ancient light helps to unravel cosmic "dark age"
... will help the team establish a framework for further research. "This approach will let us identify which bits are most promising, and analyse it better than we ever could before." One of 128 tiles of the Murchison...
25 September 2019
Spacebit announces agreement to land first UK commercial payload on Moon
... first company to think about space exploration and funding with cryptocurrency, said Tanasyuk, but in 2013 “it was a bit too early to do anything like that,” so it was put on hold and revived during the World Economic Forum...
