Dwarf

Planet: Newly Discovered Earth-sized Speculoos-3b Orbits Ultra-cool Red Dwarf Star – Only Second of its Kind!

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London, United Kingdom – Astronomers have recently made a groundbreaking discovery of an Earth-sized planet known as Speculoos-3b. This rocky world, located 55 light years from Earth, was identified orbiting around an ultra-cool red dwarf star, marking only the second planetary system found around such a star. Speculoos-3b was detected as it transited in front of its host star, an ultra-cool red dwarf that burns half as hot as the sun and emits light a …

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Pluto’s Heart Mystery Solved: Cataclysmic Collision Reveals Dwarf Planet’s Origins!

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BERN, SWITZERLAND – Researchers have unlocked the mystery behind the heart-shaped feature on Pluto’s surface, which has puzzled scientists since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured an image in 2015. Known as Tombaugh Regio, this heart-shaped feature is not entirely composed of one element, confounding scientists for decades with its elevation, composition, and reflective surface that differs from the rest of Pluto. The heart feature, encompassing a deep basin called Sputnik Planitia, is believed to have …

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Isolated Dwarf Galaxy PEARLSDG: A Cosmic Mystery Unraveled?

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PHOENIX, ARIZONA – A dwarf galaxy known as PEARLSDG has piqued the interest of astronomers due to its unique isolation from neighboring galaxies. Typically, when a galaxy becomes inactive, it is due to interactions with other galaxies that strip it of its gases. However, PEARLSDG appears to be isolated, raising questions about the factors influencing its lack of star production. Research led by Tim Carleton of Arizona State University and published in The Astrophysical Journal …

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Super-Earth TOI-715 b Discovered in Nearby Red Dwarf Star’s Habitable Zone – Could Alien Life Be Closer Than We Think?

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Birmingham, United Kingdom – In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have found a super-Earth named TOI-715 b, located in the “conservative” habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf star. This finding is a significant milestone in our quest to comprehend the conditions under which life might arise, offering a potential new frontier in the search for habitable conditions 137 light-years from Earth. Led by Georgina Dransfield at the University of Birmingham, the research has reignited interest …

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