Posts Tagged ‘exoplanets’
Today’s physics news: astronomers weigh in on Milky Way’s true colours, three tiny exoplanets suggest Solar System not so special and more
Today’s physics news: astronomers weigh in on Milky Way’s true colours, three tiny exoplanets suggest Solar System not so special and more
Today’s physics news: super-earth exoplanet found that could support life and shedding light on the mystery of dark matter
Today’s physics news: super-earth exoplanet found that could support life and shedding light on the mystery of dark matter
A golden age of exoplanet discovery
An exciting meeting held at the Institute of Physics (IOP) in partnership with the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), saw leading experts explain how far the field of exoplanet detection has advanced since the first confirmed detection in the early ‘90s. Now that more than 550 exoplanets have been detected, and with increasingly frequent detections [...]
Free seminar: the search for planets beyond our solar system
Come along to new seminar Exoplanets: The search for planets beyond our solar system co-organised by the Institute of Physics and the Royal Astronomical Society. The existence of worlds other than our own has always captivated human interest, a curiosity that has grown over the past two decades since the discovery of planets outside our solar [...]
In today’s physics news: solar storms could create $2tn ‘global Katrina’, probe preparing for Mercury orbit, exoplanet findings spark philosophical debate
In today’s news round-up: solar storms could create $2tn ‘global Katrina’, probe preparing for Mercury orbit, exoplanet findings spark philosophical debate and supernova-creating particle accelerators will make the biggest bangs we have ever known.
