JWST finds the planet TRAPPIST-1b may not have an atmosphere
27 March 2023
Many researchers thought the worlds orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 would have thick atmospheres, but new observations of one of them show that it doesn’t
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Found 465 results for dwarf planet
Dwarf planet Quaoar has a weirdly big ring of debris encircling it
8 February 2023
Quaoar, a dwarf planet in our solar system, has a ring of debris orbiting it that is far further out than we thought the laws of physics allow
‘Forbidden’ planet somehow escaped consumption by its dying host star
26 January 2023
The planet 8 Ursae Minoris b should have been destroyed when its star became a red giant, but it continues to orbit strangely close to it
Up to 74% of planets in the ‘habitable zone’ may not be good for life
19 January 2023
Many planets that have the right temperatures for liquid water on their surfaces used to be too hot or too cold, which may affect their ability to host life now
How a planet became a character in my new novel
18 January 2023
My new novel The Terraformers explores what you might include - and leave out - if you were building an Earth-like planet. I spoke to some scientists to see what might work, says Annalee Newitz
JWST has taken astonishing images of debris orbiting a nearby star
11 January 2023
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has observed a glowing disc of debris left over from planet formation around a nearby star called AU Microscopii
A long-lost rogue planet could explain unexpectedly distant asteroids
1 October 2022
The outer solar system holds some chunks of ice and rock that orbit so far from the sun it’s hard to imagine how they got there – but an ancient rogue planet may hold the key
Deadly stellar radiation blasts 'habitable' exoplanets every few days
26 September 2022
Planets orbiting M-class red dwarf stars have been suggested as some of the most promising places to look for alien life, but now it seems powerful outbursts from the stars could render them uninhabitable
Earth's algae and moss could survive under the light of another star
21 September 2022
Experiments on Earth mimicking the rays from a red dwarf star show that cyanobacteria, algae and moss can grow under these light conditions, backing the idea that some exoplanets could host life
Weird ‘failed star’ seen blasting off its outer layers for first time
13 September 2022
A brown dwarf – partway between a planet and a star – has been spotted engulfed in a cloud of gas, which it probably produced after a huge pulse of heat blasted through it
