14 December 2017
AI detects eighth planet orbiting distant sun
.... Because Kepler-90i orbits so close to its host star, its average surface temperature is believed to exceed that of Mercury's – around 427 degrees celsius (~800 degrees fahrenheit). With a surface temperature that is hot enough to melt lead...
22 December 2017
Where is NASA going next?
... apart. If Titan was not gravitationally bound to Saturn, then the moon could be considered a planet as it is larger than Mercury. It is the only object in space other than Earth where clear evidence of stable bodies of surface liquid has...
22 August 2018
Definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon's surface
... distribution of ice on the lunar surface is very patchy, which is very different from other planetary bodies such as Mercury and Ceres where the ice is relatively pure and abundant," added Li. “The spectral features of our detected...
14 January 2019
New steam-powered asteroid hopper that could run 'forever'
...“It’s awesome. We could potentially use this technology to hop on the Moon, Ceres, Europa, Titan, Pluto, the poles of Mercury, asteroids — anywhere there is water and sufficiently low gravity,” explained Metzger. Metzger, who worked at NASA’s Kennedy...
19 June 2019
Two new Earth-like planets found around nearby star
... low-level radiation output, a red dwarf’s habitable zone is much closer to its host star – closer than Mercury is to our own sun. This makes getting life established on any close-in planets quite difficult. Not only...
02 August 2019
Newly found exoplanet may be suitable for life
... larger than our planet. Known as GJ 357 b, this scorching world orbits 11 times closer to its star than Mercury does our Sun. Without accounting for the additional warming effects of a possible atmosphere, this gives this...
