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Artificial intelligence to aid future exoplanet hunt
By Robert Lea published
Artificial intelligence experts have been challenged to join astronomers in the hunt for planets outside the solar system as part of the Ariel Data Challenge 2023, launched on April 14.
Giant exoplanet found, imaged directly thanks to star-mapping data (photos)
By Andrew Jones published
Astronomers have directly detected and imaged a gas giant orbiting another star by combining different techniques for hunting exoplanets.
Strange radio signals detected from Earth-like planet could be a magnetic field necessary for life
By Briley Lewis published
Earth's magnetic field protects life on our blue planet — and astronomers just found evidence of a magnetic field on a rocky exoplanet 12 light-years away.
Dwarf star is surrounded by massive 'double ring' that hints at a Saturn-size exoplanet
By Robert Lea published
A red dwarf star almost 500 light-years from Earth is surrounded by two rings of dust that might have been separated by the orbit of a Saturn-sized planet.
Aliens could be hiding in 'terminator zones' on planets with eternal night
By Briley Lewis published
Alien life could thrive in terminator zones, the edges between the light and dark sides of planets that are tidally locked with their host stars.
How much water lurks beneath an exoplanet's surface? New tool could help astronomers tell
By Robert Lea published
A new method could allow astronomers to assess exoplanets' likely subsurface water stores, aiding the search for worlds capable of supporting life as we know it.
Europe's exoplanet-hunting CHEOPS mission extended through 2026
By Robert Lea published
The European Space Agency’s exoplanet-investigating spacecraft CHEOPS has had its mission extended until at least 2026.
Sorry, Spock, but planet Vulcan's real-life doppelgänger doesn't exist
By Elizabeth Rayne published
A real-life version of Spock's home exoplanet in the 'Star Trek' universe has turned out to be nothing more than fiction.
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