... make it a brown dwarf instead of a red dwarf, has been found to house two Earth-like worlds that are only slightly heavier than our planet. Just as exciting, they are also located in the so-called habitable zone, where...
... is unique in the universe in its ability to sustain life. To find out, we need to be able to study Earth-like planets circling other stars to measure whether their atmospheres are capable of supporting life, or indeed carry the chemical ...
... — has proven to be much more versatile than than its original intended use of just looking for Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars. “We soon realised that the remarkable collecting power of the VLT and the extreme stability...
...without the stellar UV spectrum, scientists cannot produce realistic synthetic spectra of Earth-like planets in these systems, a necessary step for interpreting biomarker gases and their potential to diagnose habitability. However, flux ...
... objectives could not be met. Not wanting to give up on this hugely successful planet hunter, instead of being able to monitor Earth-like planets around main sequence stars like our sun as it was designed to, it was proposed that Kepler search for...
...to Slava Turyshev, a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to continue his design for imaging Earth-like planets outside of the solar system. Turyshev will receive a $2 million grant to further mature the concept and...