Blog By Physics-Astronomy

We met Caroline Piaulet, Ph.D. Student at Institut Trottier de recherche sur les exoplanètes (iREx) from Université de Montréal (Canada).  Team led by Caroline Piaulet, did a detailed study of the planetary system Kepler-138. More precisely, it dis…

Maybe you think one Earth is enough. But what if there were billions? Researchers make a new estimate that the number of Earth-like planets in our Milky Way galaxy can reach as high as  6 billion. Astronomers at the University of British Columbia…

The exoplanet, which orbits a relatively benign red dwarf star, is "the best candidate for habitability that we know right now."   As depicted in this artist's concept, exoplanet K2-18 b orbits a red dwarf star and has an extended atm…

Perhaps you believe that one Earth is sufficient. But what if the number was in the billions? According to new research, the number of Earth-like planets in our Milky Way galaxy could approach 6 billion. Astronomers at the University of British Col…

Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that is slightly larger than Earth and orbits a red dwarf star 66.5 light-years away.  It's a good prospect, scientists think, to help cover our massive information vacuum regarding our Milky Way ga…

Out of all the exoplanets found by Kepler, this distant world is most similar to Earth in size and estimated temperature and is a perfect candidate to host life as we know it on its surface. There’s an alien world orbiting a star dubbed Kepler 16…

Astronomers have found evidence for a new planet circling Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the sun. The alien world is only a quarter of the mass of Earth and orbits extremely close to its parent star, at one tenth of the distance between th…

The celestial body most similar to Earth in the solar system was visited by the Huygens probe after a journey of more than 7 years. What did they find and what else is there to discover there? According to astronomers, Titan has similar conditions …