Exoplanet
NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin
NASA’s Webb Finds New Evidence for Planet Around Closest Solar Twin NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found strong evidence for a gas giant planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, the closest solar twin to Earth at 4 light-years away. The planet, estimated to be about the mass of Saturn, orbits Alpha Centauri A in an […]
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Frigid Exoplanet in Strange Orbit Imaged by NASA’s Webb
Frigid Exoplanet in Strange Orbit Imaged by NASA’s Webb NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has imaged an exoplanet called 14 Herculis c, which is one of the coldest planets ever directly observed. The exoplanet is about 7 times the size of Jupiter and orbits its host star at a distance of around 1.4 billion miles, […]
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‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life
‘Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence’ − an astronomer explains how much evidence scientists need to claim discoveries like extraterrestrial life Scientists searching for extraterrestrial life need extraordinary evidence to support their claims, as suggested by Carl Sagan’s phrase “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” The detection of life on K2-18b, a planet in another star system, […]
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