16 April 2021
Five double star systems potentially suitable for life identified by researchers
...planet and the two stars. Throw a large planet like Jupiter into the mix, and the system’s dynamics can become very... from the Sun to our planet. Mars is 1.5 au from the Sun and Jupiter is 5.2. The other four systems in the study, did not make the cut....
30 June 2021
Life as we know it is not possible in Venus' clouds, new study says
..., which is slightly below the habitable range for life and similar to that of the stratosphere in Earth’s atmosphere. Jupiter’s atmosphere on the other hand has a biologically permissive water activity of greater than 0.585 for temperatures between...
10 December 2021
Extreme exoplanet changes the picture about massive stars as planet hosts
... b Centauri b, this extreme exoplanet is 10 times as massive as Jupiter, making it one of the most massive planets ever found. Whats... a staggering 100 times greater than the distance of Jupiter from the Sun. This large distance from the central...
11 October 2018
Voyager/Hello from Planet Earth (CD / DVD set)
...the text. Rather than read factoids on the moons of Jupiter, I would have liked to know what motivated the composer...musical background and experience. The album itself follows the ‘Journey to Jupiter’ (side one) and ‘Saturn and Beyond’ (side two) with...
11 October 2018
The Ringed Planet: Cassini’s voyage of discovery at Saturn
...inspired so much high-profile science fiction, while others might choose Jupiter for its iconic Great Red Spot. But if we consider ... a rather bland disk, especially when compared with Jupiter, this book highlights features of the upper atmosphere that...
18 December 2019
After delays, ESA’s exoplanet mission launches successfully
... diverse assortment extends from gassy worlds larger than Jupiter to smaller, rocky planets covered in lava, with...and composition of planets and determine whether they are gaseous like Jupiter or rocky like Earth, whether they are enshrouded in an...
