18 August 2017
A new Earth-like planet may have been found as close as 16 light years away
...exoplanets are known to orbit the dwarf – the gas giant Gliese 832b and the so-called super-Earth Gliese 832c. The ...Jupiter-like giant is orbiting the star at a distance of 3.53 astronomical units,...
09 May 2018
First confirmed carbon-rich asteroid found in Kuiper Belt
... core idea is that after its chaotic beginnings, the gas giants brought further turmoil as they migrated inwards towards the Sun...distance to the Kuiper Belt, it was like looking for a giant mountain of coal against the pitch-black canvas of the night ...
04 October 2018
Astronomers find compelling evidence for first confirmed exomoon
... is. Kepler-1625b-i is roughly the size of our own ice giant Neptune. Despite its size, the mass of Kepler-1625b-i is ...host planet was announced. Kepler-1625b is a Jovian-sized gas giant and although the data looked compelling enough, scientists were ...
August 2016
International cooperation drives Germany’s space ambitions
...Explorer (JUICE) will be launched to investigate the gas giant and its moons. DLR will contribute the laser altimeter...from Baikonur on 14 March 2016. It consists of the Trace Gas Orbiter, which will conduct detailed analyses of the Martian atmosphere,...
16 July 2015
Geologically active Pluto and Charon: Young mountains between Tombaugh Regio and Cthulhu Regio, ‘Mordor’ at Charon’s North Pole
... Pluto could be active. Until now, the only geologically active small icy bodies we’ve encountered were orbiting gas giants, where gravitational pull on them potentially kept them active. Theories have already been proposed, but so far...
06 January 2017
NASA selects three new missions to study the early solar system and energetic X-rays from black holes
... asteroids. The Trojans, currently trapped by Jupiter’s gravity, may have initially formed far from beyond the gas giants current orbit and by studying six of these objects from 2027 to 2033, Lucy will hopefully shed light...
