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Astronomers detect rare 'free floating' exoplanet 10,000 light-years from Earth https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/astronomers-detect-rare-free-floating-exoplanet-10-000-light-years-from-earth 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science
Could TRAPPIST-1’s Seven Worlds Host Moons? https://www.universetoday.com/articles/could-trappist-1s-seven-worlds-host-moons 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science
Could TRAPPIST-1’s Seven Worlds Host Moons?
Scientists have discovered that moons could theoretically orbit all seven planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system despite the complex gravitational environment. Using computer simulations, a team of researchers have mapped stable zones where satellites could survive around each planet. They found that moons can remain stable up to about 40-45% of each planet’s sphere of gravitational influence. The neighbouring planets squeeze these stable zones slightly inward compared to isolated planets, but the effect is modest. Long term calculations suggest only tiny moons, roughly one ten millionth the mass of Earth, could survive the immense tidal forces.
Are we the Martians? The intriguing idea that life on Earth began on the red planet https://phys.org/news/2025-12-martians-intriguing-idea-life-earth.html 🪐 #SolarSystem #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science
Hubble Reveals Chaos in the Largest Planet Nursery Ever Seen https://www.universetoday.com/articles/hubble-reveals-chaos-in-the-largest-planet-nursery-ever-seen 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science
Hubble Reveals Chaos in the Largest Planet Nursery Ever Seen
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the largest planet forming disk ever observed around a young star, stretching nearly 40 times the diameter of our Solar System. Nicknamed “Dracula’s Chivito” for its hamburger like appearance when viewed edge on, this massive disk reveals an unexpectedly chaotic and asymmetric structure with wisps of material extending far above and below its central plane. The discovery offers an unprecedented window into how planets might form in extreme environments, challenging previous assumptions about the orderly nature of planetary nurseries.
Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ultra-hot-lava-world-thick.html 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science
Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations
A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our solar system. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, used NASA's JWST to reveal an alien atmosphere in an unexpected place—an ancient, ultra-hot super-Earth that likely hosts a magma ocean.
cathillHumanity should not expect to be able to communicate with extraterrestrial life, considering that there are hardly any life forms on Earth that we are able to fully communicate with. How many species of plants, bacteria, archea, or protists can humans fully communicate with?
#aliens #extraterrestrials #firstcontact #language #interspeciescommunication #animals #plants #bacteria #archea #protists #humans #intelligentlife
#aliens #extraterrestrials #firstcontact #language #interspeciescommunication #animals #plants #bacteria #archea #protists #humans #intelligentlife
The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025 https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/the-most-exciting-exoplanet-discoveries-of-2025 🪐 #Exoplanet #Exoplanets #AlienWorlds #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science
milkman"Spirituality: The quality of feeling connected to something bigger than yourself.
"If we reject the inexplicable elements of all stories because we have made up our mind ahead of time that such things simply aren't possible, we run the risk of shrinking the world down to what we can comprehend. And what fun is that?" -- Rob Bell
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is an attractive target in the search for life https://phys.org/news/2025-12-saturn-icy-moon-enceladus-life.html 🪐 #SolarSystem #AlienLife #Extraterrestrials #Space #Science
