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Spitzer space telescope and OGLE find a remote gas planet 13000 light years away

Apr 16, 2015

The Spitzer Space Telescope of NASA teamed up with a telescope on ground and has found a remote gas planet. The planet is 13,000 light years away, and has been categorized as one of the most distant planet know...

NASA Kepler Spacecraft discovers second exoplanet in quadruple star system

Cody Gash

Mar 6, 2015

Innovation

For a very long time, the sun has been the commonly known star among the many planets of the solar system. However, according to Dr Lewis Roberts from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena and his group ...

Astronomers discover double sized super Earth using a ground based telescope

Amanda

Dec 17, 2014

Innovation

Astronomers at the Canary Island have detected a super earth orbiting its star only 40 light years away from us with the help of a ground based telescope, one of the first spotting of its kind. Ground based tel...

Artist's concept of the planet 55 Cancri e

Ground based telescope in Spain helps spot Super Earth 55 Cancri e only 40 light years away from us

Amanda

Dec 2, 2014

Innovation

A ground based telescope on the island of La Palma, Spain has spotted a Super-Earth almost twice the size of our own planet. This exoplanet called 55 Cancri e is situated 41 light years away from us. The exopla...

Exoplanet HAT-P-11b with water vapor in outer atmosphere and possible alien life discovered by Space explorers

Charles Omedo

Sep 26, 2014

Innovation

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and the Kepler Space Telescope, NASA scientists have been able to see a semblance of water vapor in the exoplanet HAT-P-11b as it passed in its orb...

Astronomers find Water Vapors in atmosphere on a Neptune sized Exoplanet 124 Light-Years far from Earth

Ally Stackhouse

Sep 25, 2014

Innovation

Recently Astronomers have discovered a planet which has water vapor in its atmosphere. The planet is situated 124 light years from the Earth. It is the first planet of the size of Neptune which harbors water va...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope finds three exoplanets with no water

Platonium

Jul 26, 2014

Innovation

NASA's Hubble Telescope disappointingly found three exoplanets that revolve around stars similar to the sun have low levels of water vapor in their atmospheres. For years, NASA has been using its Hubble Tele...

Astronomical society says light years far Exoplanets have monster problems

Platonium

Jun 3, 2014

Innovation

The 224th American Astronomical Science meeting in Boston has been abuzz with discussion on exoplanets, with many findings indicating that they have some big problems. Exoplanets are gigantic planets, with s...

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