Folks, I'm very pleased to announce the publication of my two new astronomical guides...
You can download FREE PDF copies at the links below. You're welcome to share them with whoever you'd like - to be honest and upfront, it would really help me out by raising awareness with like-minded folk :-)
Study reveals how magma oceans may affect the evolution of hot exoplanets. Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system. To date, nearly 50% of all rocky exoplanets yet discovered ha
Life on Vulkanus, the lost planet of our inner solar system (based off the real life hypothesis of Vulcan). It is a carbon planet, its crust consisting of carbides, graphites and diamonds instead of sillicates. Its seas are made of petroleum.
A new investigation by an international team of astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. The discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b...
• Within 326 light-years of the #sun there are statistically 11,000 #Earth-size #planets 🪐 in the habitable zone of K-type (sun-like) stars.
• The #SolarSystem is younger than 77% of close #star systems with rocky #exoplanets.
• Rocky exoplanets outnumbered giant Jupiter-like exoplanets when the #universe 🌌 was young.
• Statistically, the closest life-harboring Earth-like #planet is 65 light-years 📏 distant.
#Nasa's #JWST has its limits. #Earth's size and proximity to the #Sun ☀️ enable it to support life. But JWST wouldn't be able to detect faraway #planets 🪐 as small as Earth or as close to their parent #stars, because of the glare.
Nasa is planning the Habitable Worlds Observatory (#HWO), scheduled for the 📆 2030s.
Astrophysicists Unlock Mysterious Secrets of Strange Lava Worlds (scitechdaily.com)
Study reveals how magma oceans may affect the evolution of hot exoplanets. Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system. To date, nearly 50% of all rocky exoplanets yet discovered ha
James Webb Space Telescope's first spectrum of a TRAPPIST-1 planet (phys.org)
In a solar system called TRAPPIST-1, 40 light years from the sun, seven Earth-sized planets revolve around a cold star.
Next stop, Europa? Nano subs to get test beneath Antarctic ice in 2026 (www.space.com)
The German project aims to explore beneath Earthly ice as a test for space exploration.
Why is Neptune's moon Triton so weird? (www.space.com)
Triton orbits to the beat of its own drum.
Webb discovers methane and carbon dioxide in atmosphere of K2-18 b (www.esa.int)
A new investigation by an international team of astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope into K2-18 b, an exoplanet 8.6 times as massive as Earth, has revealed the presence of carbon-bearing molecules including methane and carbon dioxide. The discovery adds to recent studies suggesting that K2-18 b...