03 July 2019
New study reveals detailed exoplanet atmosphere
... has a rocky core, but unlike our icy gas giant that orbits three billion miles from the Sun, Gliese...elements like oxygen and carbon which are forming abundant water vapour and methane gas, similar to what we see on Neptune,” said Benneke. "Instead,...
14 June 2016
Astronomers discover a giant planet orbiting two suns
...its stars "habitable zone”, the planet is believed to be a gas giant and therefore unable to support life. "Habitability aside, Kepler-1647 ... of the team are already working on establishing if giant planets like Kepler 1647b are host to moon systems,...
20 June 2016
Trio of hot Jupiters give clue to their formation
...Jupiters around Sun-like stars, have found three such gas giants in an open star cluster suggesting that the main ... mass and chemical composition affects the formation of these gaseous giants. Most hot Jupiters typically whip around their host star in...
11 September 2017
Are we being watched from afar?
...blocking out the light than our distant but more massive gas giant neighbours, I.e Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune....since the terrestrial planets are much closer to the Sun than the gas giants, they'll be more likely to be seen in transit." The ...
09 July 2021
Astronomers solve 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras
... to 10 times higher surface brightness, it is thought that the gas giant’s huge and powerful magnetosphere – a product of the strong internal...’s JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) arrives at the gas giant by 2029. When settled in its orbit, JUICE will...
14 September 2020
Possible signs of microbial life found in Venus' atmosphere
... Venus. Why is this a good thing? Because on Earth, the gas can only be produced artificially in a lab, or by bacteria and ... Jupiter and Saturn. Its presence on these two massive gas giants has been put down to high temperatures and crushing pressures...
