Tag: exoplanet
Exoplanet Census Identifies ‘Missing Planets’ Gap
Where Are the Universe’s Missing Planets? Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy By Dakotah Tyler edited by Clara Moskowitz For centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other worlds existed beyond those in our own cosmic…
Nearby Habitable-Zone Exoplanet May Be a World of Fire and Ice
Nearby Habitable-Zone Exoplanet May Be a World of Fire and Ice A newly confirmed exoplanet around a nearby sunlike star might be astronomers’ best chance yet to look for life beyond the solar system—but it’s still no place like home By Gayoung Lee edited by Lee Billings An artist’s concept of an exoplanet that might…