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Exploring Exoplanetary Wonders Unveils Potential Seventh World

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of astronomy has unveiled a solar system brimming with intrigue, located over 270 light-years away. This newfound system boasts six confirmed exoplanets, with tantalizing hints of a seventh world yet to be fully confirmed. In a meticulous study led by...

Two Earth-mass exoplanets orbiting nearby star discovered

An international team of astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets. They were transiting a nearby M-dwarf star known as GJ 1002 using the radial velocity (RV) method. The newly discovered alien worlds have masses comparable to our planet and orbit the host star in...

Modelling electrolyte transport in water-rich exoplanet

A modelling study published in Nature Communications suggests that oceans on water-rich exoplanets may be enriched with electrolytes, including salts like sodium chloride. The study proposes that electrolytes can be transported from these planets' rocky cores, which may have implications for the potential habitability...

Ground-based telescopes can study exoplanet atmospheres

The next step to understand exoplanets is to understand their atmospheres better. Astronomers can determine a planet's mass, density and other physical characteristics. But characterizing their atmospheres is more complicated. Astronomers have had some success studying exoplanet atmospheres. Spacecraft like the James Webb Space Telescope...

Astronomers discover rare magnetic hybrid pulsating star

Astronomers made the discovery of a lifetime. It will help to answer burning questions on the evolution of stars. Astronomers generated a new model. It improved the way stars are measured in 2017. The model helps predicting the types of planets orbiting distant stars. They are...

Extreme exoplanet has a complex and exotic atmosphere

An international crew consisting of researchers from the University of Bern and the University of Geneva as well as the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS analyzed the atmosphere of one of the most intense regarded planets in notable details. The consequences...