Earth’s first interstellar visitor is neither an alien aircraft nor a comet, as some scientists previously speculated when whizzed through our Solar System in 2017. A new study from Arizona State University suggests Oumuamua is nothing more than a chunk from a Pluto-like planet that was blasted off from its home some 400 million years … Read more
A small gas exoplanet may have lost its atmosphere billions of years ago, but then gained a second one through volcanic activity, according to astronomers. The planet, GJ 1132 b, is thought to have begun as a gaseous world, similar to Jupiter or Saturn but smaller than Neptune, with a thick hydrogen blanket of atmosphere. … Read more
A Jupiter-like planet called HD106906 b, which orbits two stars 336 light-years away, could shed light on the hypothesised member of our Solar System known as ‘Planet Nine’. HD106906 b, which is around 11 times the mass of Jupiter, is an exoplanet – a planet outside our Solar System. It resides a whopping 738 astronomical units away from its … Read more
Astronomers from the Max Planck institutes has confirmed the existence of an exoplanet in another star system some 63 light years away from Earth – and have shared a picture to prove it. Called b Pictoris c, the planet was captured using the radial velocity method that detects exoplanets, along with the Very Large Telescopes … Read more
An exoplanet the size of Saturn orbiting a small faint star 35 light years away has been discovered after a radio telescope spotted a wobble in the stars motion. This is the first time a radio telescope has been used to detect an exoplanet using the ‘wobble’ technique – the wobble is caused by the … Read more
Weird exoplanet 40 times larger than Earth orbiting a star 730 light-years away may be the exposed core of a Jupiter-like gas giant, scientists claim Exoplanet named TOI 849 b orbits its star every 18 hours – a very fast year It is thought the gases surrounding the core were stripped away by the proximity … Read more
Mysterious exoplanet 40 times bigger than Earth and 730 light-years away in the ‘hot Neptuian desert’ may be the core of a gas giant An exoplanet has been discovered 730 light-years from Earth However, it is just the core of what was once a gas giant similar to Saturn Cosmic radiation or a collision with another … Read more
An extreme exoplanet where it rains iron and experiences staggering 4,400F temperatures has been discovered by astronomers 640 light years from Earth. It was discovered by researchers from Geneva University in Switzerland using the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile. The planet, named WASP-76b, is a gas giant about twice the size … Read more
Large rocky planet 124 light years away from Earth appears to be covered in WATER and ‘could have right conditions to sustain alien life’ The planet is about twice the size of the Earth with possible lakes and vast seas Researchers predict they will know whether it has signs of life within the decade Large … Read more