Photographers around the world captured Jupiter and Saturn aligning almost perfectly in the night sky this week. Monday was the closest the two planets have appeared in 800 years; the last time they were this close and visible was in 1226. The two planets align or conjugate every 20 years. …
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[ad_1] The models, hypotheses and laboratory experiments of exoplanet researchers are a test bed to question what is possible. Between searching for strange exoplanets, some so strange compared to our own solar system, many researchers focus on one key phrase: “potentially habitable.” The exoplanets referred to as potentially habitable show …
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[ad_1] Some very powerful telescopes will see the first light in the near future. One of them is the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). One of JWST’s roles, and the role of the other upcoming areas too, is to search for biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets. Now, a …
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