A groundbreaking study by Canadian astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed new insights into how planets take shape. Led by University of Victoria Ph.D. candidate Dori […]
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Posted inAstropharmacy / Biotechnology, Biogeochemical Cycles & Geobiology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Webb Telescope Finds A Potentially Habitable Icy World
A international team of astronomers led by Université de Montréal has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b: it could be a promising “super-Earth” covered in […]
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release, TRAPPIST-1
JWST Insights Into The Atmosphere Of Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b And The Star TRAPPIST-1
Astronomers led by a team at Université de Montréal has made important progress in understanding the intriguing TRAPPIST-1 exoplanetary system, which was first discovered in 2016 amid speculation it could […]
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LP 791-18 d: A Terrestrial Exoplanet – With Volcanoes
A large international team led by astronomers at the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets at Université de Montréal (UdeM) today announced in the journal Nature the discovery of a […]