Ace physicist Stephen Hawking gives humanity 1,000 years on Earth before it is wiped out—and 100 years to get out and colonize other planets. Such talk, and, of course, the quintessential human yearning for exploration and discovery, has fueled the search for alternative homes. Every now and then, reports of Earth-like conditions in our solar …
Astronomers have discovered a massive exoplanet, named KELT-9b, that is hotter than some of the stars. With a day-side temperature of more than 7,800 degrees F. (4,316 degrees C.), it is only about 2,000 degrees F. (about 1,000 degrees C.) cooler than our sun. This newly discovered planet is three times larger than Jupiter. It orbits a …
Astronomers have discovered an earth-like planet with an atmosphere, 39 light years away from us. The planet is known by the name “Gliese 1132 b”. Gliese 1132 b is an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star, Gliese 1132, in the constellation Vela. The planet is considered uninhabitable but cool enough to possess an atmosphere. Gliese …
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