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fromBig Think
2 days ago

Aerial aliens: Why cloudy worlds might make detecting life easier

I think the first thing to remember is: We are right at the beginning of this adventure. There's so much excitement that every little signal - every "wiggle" in a spectrum - gets people saying, "Oh! That might be life!" And then, on the other side, other people respond with, "I don't see enough wiggles, so there's probably not even an atmosphere. Dead planet. Move on." Both reactions are too fast.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 days ago

Lazuli, a Billionaire-Funded Private Space Telescope, Signals a New Strategy for Astronomy

A privately funded three-meter space telescope, Lazuli Space Observatory, aims to study exoplanet atmospheres, transient events, exploding stars, and dark energy within the decade.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Huge eruption on a distant star confirmed at last

Strongest evidence yet of a coronal mass ejection from a distant star detected via characteristic radio signals, affecting exoplanet atmospheres and habitability.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
3 months ago

This Fiery Exoplanet Shouldn't Have an AtmosphereBut It Does

Astronomers found an atmosphere where they least expected itclinging to an exoplanet that's too small, too hot and too old to have air, at least in theory. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations of the blazing-hot lava planet TOI-561 b suggest not only that it has a thick atmosphere but also that it may have had one for billions of years.
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fromMail Online
4 months ago

Earth-sized planet just 40 light-years away could have an atmosphere

TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized planet 40 light-years away, may have a stable atmosphere and surface liquid water, making it a potential habitat for life.
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