Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left), similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa, or an icy world with a liquid substellar ocean and a cloudy atmosphere (center). LHS 1140 b is 1.7 times the size of Earth (right) and is the most promising exoplanet in the habitable zone found … Read more
WASHINGTON — Congressional language aimed at accelerating work on a future NASA space telescope has the side effect of forcing the agency to disband a team it created to guide the mission’s early development. NASA created two committees last year to support early development of the Habitable Worlds Observatory, a large space telescope recommended by … Read more
R. Hurt/JPL-Caltech/NASA Gliese 12b orbits a cool red dwarf star just 40 light-years away. Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. CNN — Two teams of scientists have discovered a theoretically habitable planet, smaller than Earth but larger than Venus, orbiting a … Read more
Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how planets close to their stars retain or lose their atmospheres. In this artist’s concept, Gliese 12 b is depicted while maintaining a rarefied atmosphere. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Pain (Caltech-IPAC) Scientists have discovered Gliese 12 b, … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how planets close to their stars retain or lose their atmospheres. In this artist’s concept, Gliese 12 b is depicted … Read more