Tag: exoplanet

In many rivers, only a small amount of streamflow remains for nature after water is diverted for hydropower production. In light of climate change and biodiversity loss, this is having increasingly serious consequences. Researchers from WSL,...
Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on Earth from a rock formation in Canada. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt has long been known for its ancient rocks—plains of streaked gray stone on the eastern shore...

Exoplanet 120 light years from Earth hints at possible life and rare oceans

Chemicals that hint at life have been found in the atmosphere of an exoplanet 120 light years from Earth. ‌The James Webb Telescope spotted signs of methane, carbon dioxide...

Astronomers identify most reflective exoplanet

A scorching hot world where metal clouds rain drops of titanium is the most reflective planet ever observed outside of our Solar System, astronomers...

Webb measures temperature of rocky exoplanet for first time

The James Webb Space Telescope has measured the temperature of a rocky exoplanet for the first time, finding that a "cousin" of Earth most...

New Earth-sized exoplanet detected in the solar neighborhood

Using NASA's Kepler spacecraft and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet located about 70 light years away from...

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