new exoplanet research 2019

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  NASA's most anticipated new telescope just got delayed again

  The James Webb Space Telescope has an ever-expanding timeline—and projected cost.

  ... slipped again, landing around spring 2019. Today's announcement pushes us back ... research projects are progressing. NASA's other upcoming space telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  NASA's most prolific planet-hunting telescope is taking a nap

  But the end is fast approaching.

  ... researchers were asked to submit research proposals for, even if it ... next-generation planet hunter, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). TESS will pick ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Five questions about NASA's plans to visit an alien world in 2069

  Like, can we even do that?

  ... fair solar system—has a 2019 encounter planned with a mysterious ... ? What with all the far-flung exoplanets scientists keep discovering using various ...

  By Rachel Feltman
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  What's Inside Proxima Centauri B, Our Nearest Exoplanet Neighbor

  The closest potentially habitable planet has an intriguing interior

  ... call Proxima Centauri home. The exoplanet, named Proxima b, orbits Proxima ... not take part in this research. Brugger agrees, noting that future ...

  By Charles Q. Choi
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  Life On Earth May Have Arisen Unusually Early

  Now we wait for the rest of the cosmos to catch up

  ... stars," James Kasting, geoscientist and exoplanet researcher at Penn State, told ... early to the ballgame. “This research has a bigger significance,” said ...

  By Ryan F. Mandelbaum
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  This giant exoplanet has a glowing atmosphere

  You can't see it—but Hubble can.

  ... a research fellow at the University of Exeter. “But these exoplanets are ... of exoplanets.” And it's the perfect time for this research, with the newest ...

  By Aparna Nathan
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  This giant exoplanet's atmosphere teems with glowing hot atoms of titanium and iron

  And you thought this summer was hot

  ... , researchers added. Scientists investigated the exoplanet KELT-9b, the hottest alien world ... not take part in this research. "You have to have insanely ...

  By Charles Choi
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  No one really knows how to name exoplanets

  Naming new worlds is a confusing mess

  ... 34 different scientific designations.More recent exoplanet hunting projects have continued to ... useful for scientific publications and research,” says Lecavelier des Etangs. But ...

  By Michael Koziol
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  Pluto is way cooler than it should be, and now we might know why

  It has to do with a surprisingly hazy atmosphere.

  ... scientists expand their understanding of exoplanet atmospheres. But right now, an ... Webb Space Telescope launches in 2019. That observatory can detect infrared ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Watch the James Webb Space Telescope go through nine months of testing in two minutes

  The spectacular scope launches in 2019.

  ... build. It won't launch until 2019 at the earliest, it's slowly ... will examine the atmospheres of exoplanets, and peer back in time ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Oodles of virtual planets could help Google and NASA find actual aliens

  Teaming up to explore the galaxy with an AI assist.

  ... Google Cloud looked at finding exoplanets, examining their atmospheres, and searching ... NASA got leads on potential research avenues that could help contribute ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  This scorching black exoplanet takes in all the light it can and gives almost nothing back

  As black as day.

  ... particular planet so inky. Future research will have to enlighten this ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  For The First Time, Visible Light From An Exoplanet Detected

  Seeing is believing

  ... this trickiness, Martins and his research team have come pretty close ... used in conjunction with existing exoplanet measuring techniques to glean even ...

  By Loren Grush
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  Some exoplanets tilt too much, and it's pushing everyone apart

  Orbits are getting a bit less mysterious.

  ... it's also contributed to a new awareness of strange peculiarities in ... at. The entire endeavor of exoplanet research moves forward on the hope ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  All The Habitable Planets (Ok, Just Three) Are Hanging Out Around This Ultracool Star

  Sooooo popular

  ... their Jupiter-sized sun very closely. Exoplanets are detected when a planet ... (s) to come along in exoplanet research. "Thanks to several giant telescopes ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  Scientists think they've found a super-Earth exoplanet dripping with sapphires and rubies

  The right kind of chemistry can lead to some strange sorts of worlds.

  ... discuss the discovery of a new exoplanet rich in rubies and sapphires ... rocky exoplanets.” The ultimate goal is to use this line of research ...

  By Neel V. Patel
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  Alien Planets With Super Salty Oceans Could Be Habitable

  Polar opposites of Earth

  ... hypothetical exoplanet might reverse, changing the planet's climate entirely. "Our research shows ... , because it opens up a new possibility for planets that astronomers ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  A whopping seven Earth-size planets were just found orbiting a nearby star

  Three of them may be habitable

  ... solar flares could irradiate nearby exoplanets—burning off their atmospheres, eliminating ... chances. Jehin, however, says more research is needed into red dwarf ...

  By Sarah Fecht
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  Now's your chance to discover a new planet (with Google's help)

  The company's open source AI software is an armchair explorer's dream.

  ... researchers announced they'd found two new exoplanets using a neural network. Now ... Google, wrote on the company's Research Blog.Researchers can now use (and ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  This Could Be The Strangest Exoplanet Found Yet

  Giant planet orbits three stars at once

  ... among the first batch of exoplanets discovered with direct imaging. Usually ... else," Alexander Mustill who models exoplanets and wasn't involved with the ...

  By Ryan F. Mandelbaum
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  Kepler finally ran out of gas, but it will always fuel our planet-hunting ambitions

  It defied the odds to discover thousands of planets.

  ... brought to bear.Enter TESSNASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission, led by ... by Kepler - opening up new possibilities for measuring planet masses ...
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  Scientists are trying to confirm the existence of a giant ringed planet

  Fifty times the size of Jupiter.

  ... researchers can glean information about exoplanets. “What's exciting is that during ... the crossing of a giant exoplanet and a ringed disc of ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  'Super Saturn' Exoplanet Has Massive Rings

  Houston, we have a ringer

  ... working on better names for exoplanets.) J1047b has 37 rings, with ... if it is a true exoplanet, or a brown dwarf an ...

  By Mary Beth Griggs
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  How Habitable Is That Exoplanet? [Flowchart]

  If you're looking for a planet that might support life, our handy flowchart can help you choose the least deadly space rock.

  ... mission has tallied 989 confirmed exoplanets in the Milky Way; once ... you, too, can test newfound exoplanets. This article originally appeared in ...

  By Shannon Palus