05 October 2020
A dozen "superhabitable" planets better than Earth identified in new study
... worlds that are of a similar size and orbit a Sun-like star. But should we limit our search there? No, says Dirk Schulze.... As such, G-type stars like our sun, might run out of fuel before complex life can develop. K dwarf stars on the other hand are...
19 October 2020
Astronomers identify a true water-world that could have an ocean over 100 kms deep
...Spitzer Space telescope, discovered LHS 1140; a cool dwarf star with a surface temperature around 2400-3700 Kelvin ...a mini-Neptune, will not be visible in the re-observation of this star in TESS cycle 3. In addition, the team suggest that the inner-...
21 February 2018
Oldest known superluminous supernova discovered
... explosion and the amount of metal produced when the star exploded – two key aspects that drives these cosmic ... with type 1a supernovae. Type 1a supernovae are exploding white dwarf stars and are used in cosmology as typical "standard candles" for...
April 2024
Terraformal dreaming
... to reach 1700F (927C). Some are losing their atmospheres to overactive solar radiation. Many of them orbit red dwarf stars, frigid little things that periodically fire forth solar flares to obliterate any life that might be trying...
01 September 2017
TRAPPIST-1 planets could contain substantial amounts of water
Finding seven earth-sized planets orbiting the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 was one thing, now astronomers suggest that three of the planets might still harbour substantial ...
