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Astronomers have captured a direct image of AF Leporis b, a young gas giant exoplanet 88 light-years from Earth, using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This observation marks a…

A new study led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has uncovered indirect evidence of a volcanic exomoon orbiting the distant exoplanet WASP-49 b, 635 light-years away. Researchers detected a large…

NASA has combined the observational power of the Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons to simultaneously observe Uranus, offering new insights into the study of distant exoplanets. By comparing Hubble’s…

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have observed the atmosphere of WASP-107b, a unique "super-puff" exoplanet the size of Jupiter but with just a tenth of its mass.…

Recent observations of the exoplanet WASP-76b, located about 640 light-years from Earth, have revealed a climate that seems straight out of a science fiction nightmare. Known as an ultra-hot Jupiter,...

Astronomers from Lund University in Sweden have made a surprising discovery that may reshape our understanding of planetary formation and stability. A small exoplanet, TOI-1408c, has been observed 455 light-years...

A groundbreaking new study has revealed that many rocky exoplanets, particularly larger ones known as "super-Earths," may have massive reservoirs of water trapped deep within their molten cores. This discovery...

NASA has recently announced a significant achievement in the ongoing search for planets beyond our solar system, with the confirmation of over 5,500 exoplanets. This milestone not only underscores the...

Recent discoveries using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have confirmed significant differences between the eternal morning and evening atmospheres on the distant exoplanet WASP-39b. This giant planet, located approximately...

Scientists have discovered hydrogen sulfide in the atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733b, marking the first detection of this molecule beyond our solar system. This discovery provides new insights into...

A recent discovery by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed the presence of sulfur dioxide (SO₂) in the atmosphere of the exoplanet GJ 3470b, challenging existing theories of...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been making significant strides in the exploration of potentially habitable exoplanets. Recent observations have focused on a handful of small, rocky planets located within...

Astronomers have identified a potentially habitable exoplanet, Gliese 12b, located in the habitable zone of its parent star, Gliese 12. This discovery raises exciting possibilities about the existence of life...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has provided groundbreaking insights into the unusual exoplanet WASP-107 b, uncovering the mechanisms behind its unexpectedly low density. This discovery marks a significant step...

In a groundbreaking discovery, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected an atmosphere surrounding the exoplanet 55 Cancri e, often described as a "super-Earth." This marks the first time...

Posted on Oct 5, 2022 in Science Today’s stories include ‘Pale Blue Dot’ Planets like Earth May Make Up Only 1% of Potentially Habitable Worlds to All Land on Earth...

In the 1980’S Carl Sagan observed that the human species had reached the shore of the cosmic ocean. A mere two decades ago, astronomers debated the existence of planets beyond...

Today’s stories range from Odd Radio Circles in Space to Why Our Sun Didn’t Have Sunspots for 70 years to NASA Should Send This New Message To Extraterrestrials With An...

  “Understanding how Earth regulates climate both in the modern era but also in the distant past is critical for our understanding of planetary habitability,” said Noah Planavsky, a biogeochemist...

Using Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet data, researchers have identified the first signature of carbon ions surrounding exoplanet HAT-P-11b, a Neptune-sized planet 123 light-years from Earth. The charged carbon ions trace...

Posted on Dec 14, 2021 in Astronomy, Climate Change, Extraterrestrial Life Astronomers have said that Mars tugs at the human imagination like no other planet. In science fiction movies and...

Posted on Oct 25, 2021 in Astronomy, Supernova “After having monitored tens of thousands of galaxies, we know there are other discoveries waiting to happen. Either faint objects, objects that...

    Enigmatic viruses –not living, yet not dead–help create, protect and transform the universe, observed Carl Zimmer in his classic A Planet of Viruses. Viruses, he notes, have had...

“Planet Earth Report” provides descriptive links to headline news by leading science journalists about the extraordinary discoveries, technology, people, and events changing our knowledge of Planet Earth and the future...

Posted on Aug 7, 2021 in Planet Earth, Science “Planet Earth Report” provides descriptive links to headline news by leading science journalists about the extraordinary discoveries, technology, people, and events...

Posted on Aug 1, 2021 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Science Planets beyond our own solar system were once thought to be out of the reach of humans.  The idea that we...

Posted on Jul 30, 2021 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Exoplanets “Before the mid-90’s, when the first secure case of an exoplanet, 51 Peg was discovered orbiting around a star like...

“With its larger size and atmosphere,” exoplanetologist Diana Dragomir told The Daily Galaxy, “TOI-1231b promises to give us a glimpse into the rate of atmospheric evaporation caused by its M...

Posted on Apr 20, 2021 in Science An exoplanet mystery has been imaged by a team of astronomers led by Dutch scientists of a giant planet orbiting at a large...

“The insights we gain from thinking about raindrops and clouds in diverse environments are key to understanding exoplanet habitability,” said Robin Wordsworth, Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at...

Posted on Mar 16, 2021 in Astrobiology, Astronomy, Exoplanets, Science News “Liquid magma is actually quite runny,” said University of Chicago planetary scientist, Edwin Kite, about a new study by...

“You know, our sun looks just like thousands of other stars in the sky. You’d never guess that there are planets going around it, and that one of those planets...

  “Somewhere, on some other planet orbiting some very distant star, maybe in another galaxy, there could well be entities that are at least as intelligent as we are, and...

Posted on Oct 13, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Solar System, Space “Historically, our assumption has been that the region around Jupiter is fairly empty, cleaned out by the giant planet’s...

“Superhabitable” –Exoplanets With Lifespans Up to 70 Billion Years “Transforms Matter Into Consciousness” –Most Ancient Part of the Human Brain Reveals Its Secrets “Clues to Alien Life” –Billions of Fragments...

Posted on Aug 5, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Science “In the deepest sense, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a search for ourselves,” said Carl Sagan. Although as yet unfulfilled,...

Posted on Aug 22, 2020 in Astronomy, Science “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere,” said Carl Sagan. So, imagine a...

Andrew Siemion, director of the University of California Berkeley SETI Research Center, recently wrote in an email to The Daily Galaxy that “I suspect there are other intelligent civilizations in...

Posted on Apr 1, 2021 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Milky Way Galaxy, Science “Plumes of water erupt from Europa and Enceladus, so we can tell that these bodies have subsurface oceans...

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Science “Thousands of exoplanets have been identified so far, but little is known about how they form,” says Anthony Boccaletti at the...

Posted on Mar 30, 2020 in Astronomy, Extraterrestrial Life “Our Earth and the air we breathe have changed drastically since Earth formed 4.5 billions years ago,” said Lisa Kaltenegger, associate...

Posted on Mar 12, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets “The observations” reports astrobiologist María Rosa Zapatero Osorio, coordinator of the ESO’s ESPRESSO science team about an exoplanet, 390 light years away...

Posted on Feb 27, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial Life For most of human history, the question of whether or not extraterrestrial life exists has been philosophical. It’s only in...

Posted on Feb 11, 2020 in Alien Life, Astronomy, Exoplanets, Science, Space “Now that Cheops has observed its first target, we are one step closer to the start of the...

“For a long time, scientists were really focused on finding sun- and Earth-like systems. That’s all we knew. But we found out that there’s this whole crazy diversity in planets....

Posted on Jan 26, 2020 in Astronomy, Exoplanets, Science And we thought Venus was hot, with a surface temperature that melts lead. New observations of a bizarre world beyond our...

“For most of human history, the question of whether or not life exists elsewhere has belonged only within the philosophical realm. It’s only in recent years that we have had...

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 in Evolution, Exoplanets, Science “If we are talking about exoplanets, things should be clear: we will not migrate there,” Nobel laureate Michel Mayor told the...

K2-18b, which is eight times the mass of Earth, is now the only exoplanet known to have both water and temperatures that could support life. The discovery is the first...

Posted on Sep 6, 2019 in Astronomy, News, Science, Space “This planet is unlike the planets in our solar system, but more than that, it is unlike any other exoplanets...