Proxima Centauri b – an Exoplanet
Proxima Centauri b is an exoplanet that orbits a M-type star. It is an exoplanet that orbits the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest…
Astronomy
LHS 1140 – a Red Dwarf
LHS 1140 is a red dwarf in the Cetus constellation. It’s an M dwarf with two transiting planets with orbital periods of 3.77 and 24.7…
LHS 1140 b – a massive and dense rocky planet
LHS 1140 b is a massive, dense rocky planet orbiting within the red dwarf LHS 1140’s conservative habitable zone. It is an exoplanet that orbits…
Magnetic Structures Near a Supermassive Black Hole Revealed in New Images
A new image of the region closest to the supermassive black hole in the galaxy’s center, Messier 87 (M87), has revealed vital data about the…
TrES-2b – an Extrasolar Planet
TrES-2b is an extrasolar planet that orbits the star GSC 03549-02811 750 light-years from Earth. It travels only 3 million miles around its star. The…
Kepler-438b – a Near-Earth-sized Exoplanet
Kepler-438b has been confirmed as a near-Earth exoplanet. It is the first near-Earth-size world discovered in a star’s habitable zone similar to our sun. It’s…
Kepler-440b – a Super-Earth Exoplanet
Kepler-440 b is an exoplanet that orbits a K-type star. It is a confirmed super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within Kepler-440’s habitable zone, approximately 850 light-years (261…
Kepler-452b – a Super-Earth Exoplanet
Kepler-452b is the first roughly Earth-sized planet discovered in a Sun-like star’s habitable zone—the orbital region where an Earth-like planet could have liquid water on…
Tabletop Sensors are being Repurposed to Search for Dark Matter
Researchers in the dark matter community are beginning to question whether they are looking for the right kind of dark matter. They have proposed a…
East Asian Spiders Successfully Vacationing In US Cover Georgia in Giant Webs
Although eight legs aren’t very handy for a nomadic arachnid that want to move abroad, a troop of spiders has successfully journeyed from East Asia…
Kepler-442 – a K-type Main-sequence Star
Kepler-442 is a K-type main-sequence star in the constellation Lyra, located approximately 1,206 light-years from Earth. It is not part of the Lyra constellation outline,…
Data from Hubble Confirms the Absence of Dark Matter in Galaxies
The most precise distance measurement to date of the ultra-diffuse galaxy (UDG) NGC1052-DF2 (DF2) confirms that it is devoid of dark matter. An international team…
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