Super Earth discovered

The scientists from New Zealand have discovered the “Super Earth”. It potentially holds the conditions to sustain human life. Highlights The super earth is one of the handful of planets discovered that are of the same size and orbiting distance as that of the earth. The host star of the planet is 10% the mass ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Exoplanet • Goldilocks Zone • Planet • Stars • Sun • Super-Earth

GJ 357 d: NASA’s TESS discovers 1st nearby super-earth

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has discovered GJ 357 d, a super-Earth planet located 31 light years away from our own solar system. Researchers claim that it is the first nearby “super-Earth” planet that could possibly support life as it orbit within its star’s “habitable zone or Goldilocks Zone”. About GJ 357 d ..

Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Exoplanet • GJ 357 d • Goldilocks Zone • NASA • Solar System • Space Mission • Super-Earth • TESS Satellite

TOI 270: NASA’s TESS discovers

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) recently discovered new dwarf star and planetary system named as TOI 270. It is located about 73 light years away from Earth, and in the constellation Pictor. TOI 270 Planetary System Its members include Dwarf star named TOI 270, which is 40 % smaller than the Sun in size ..

Month: Current Affairs - July, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Dwarf star • Goldilocks Zone • NASA • Space exploration • Space Exploration Mission • TOI 270 Planetary System • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

NASA's Kepler Telescope finds 10 Earth-Like Planets

NASA’s Kepler Telescope has identified 10 Earth-like planets outside the solar system that are expected to host life due to their right size and temperature. This finding is a boost  in the hope for life elsewhere. Exoplanet: It is a planet that does not orbit the Sun and instead orbits a different star, stellar remnant, ..

Month: Current Affairs - June, 2017

Topics: Current Affairs - 2017 • Exoplanet • Goldilocks Zone • James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) • Kepler space telescope • NASA • Science and Technology

LHS 1140b: Another planet in habitable zone discovered

Astronomers have discovered yet another planet, called LHS1140b, which is expected to be present in the Goldilocks Zone. It’s not so far away, either. It is found orbiting around the star LHS 1140 some 39 light-years away. Goldilocks Zone refers to a habitable zone where the temperature is neither too high nor too low. The ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2017

Topics: Exoplanet • Goldilocks Zone • Hubble Telescope • James Webb Space Telescope • NASA • Science and Technology