02 March 2016
Using MUSCLES to test for life on other planets
... intermediate step towards the discovery of life on these exoplanets is the measurement of atmospheric gases, often referred to...not be used for calculating the FUV radiation field of exoplanet host stars. With the nearest known Earth-size planet ...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
... telescopes now discover hundreds and thousands of new small bodies in and outside of the Solar System from exoplanets to dangerous asteroids and meandering comets. The MASTER network has discovered about one thousand new optical...
September 2017
Science searches for cosmic company
.... They aren’t like the Sun, the only star known to harbour a world with intelligence. But recent exoplanet studies have shown that a considerable fraction of these bantam suns have planets in the so-called ‘habitable zone...
November 2025
Unlocking the secrets of Europa
... in the universe is hugely challenging. Astronomers use ground-based and space-based telescopes to find and study exoplanets but with current spaceflight technology it would take thousands of years to reach even the nearest stars. For...
28 February 2018
Habitability of nearest exoplanet in doubt after powerful flare
A powerful stellar flare that erupted from Proxima Centauri – the nearest star to us – casts doubt on whether the Solar System’s nearest exoplanetary neighbour, Proxima b, which orbits the red dwarf star, would be suitable to host complex life. The ...
22 October 2018
Frequent superflares spell doom for life around red dwarfs
... abundance, astronomers think that most red dwarfs have systems of planets orbiting them. Indeed, most of the exoplanets that have been found in a star’s ”habitable-zone" orbit red dwarfs, including Proxima Centauri, the nearest...
