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  1. Science’s three big hopes for finding alien life One of humanity's biggest hopes (and fears) is to find evidence of life beyond Earth. We now have three scientific methods for seeking it, with one likely to pay off soon. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #astrobiology #exoplanets #life

    Science's three big hopes for ...

  2. 20-May-2026
    #Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains #methane
    Astronomers use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to determine composition of the atmosphere of a distant, temperate #gasgiant planet for the first time

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #astrobiology #exoplanets

  3. 20-May-2026
    #Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains #methane
    Astronomers use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to determine composition of the atmosphere of a distant, temperate #gasgiant planet for the first time

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #astrobiology #exoplanets

  4. 20-May-2026
    #Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains #methane
    Astronomers use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to determine composition of the atmosphere of a distant, temperate #gasgiant planet for the first time

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #astrobiology #exoplanets

  5. 20-May-2026
    #Atmosphere of Saturn-sized planet with Earth-like temperature contains #methane
    Astronomers use NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to determine composition of the atmosphere of a distant, temperate #gasgiant planet for the first time

    eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

    #science #astrobiology #exoplanets

  6. NASA’s Exoplanet Hunter Reveals its Most Complete Look at the Night Sky

    ‘This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By the end of September 2025,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #ccd #exoplanets #NASA #Science #TESS #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/597280/

  7. NASA’s Exoplanet Hunter Reveals its Most Complete Look at the Night Sky

    ‘This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By the end of September 2025,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #CA #Canada #CCD #Exoplanets #NASA #Science #TESS
    newsbeep.com/ca/685193/

  8. TOI-5926 b

    TOI-5926 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 0.14 Jupiters, it takes 3.8 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.046875056426914 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026.

    Discovered: 2026

    #Astronomy #Exoplanets #GasGiant

  9. TOI-5926 b

    TOI-5926 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 0.14 Jupiters, it takes 3.8 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.046875056426914 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026.

    Discovered: 2026

    #Astronomy #Exoplanets #GasGiant

  10. TOI-5926 b

    TOI-5926 b is a gas giant exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 0.14 Jupiters, it takes 3.8 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.046875056426914 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2026.

    Discovered: 2026

    #Astronomy #Exoplanets #GasGiant

  11. Scientists discover new state of matter inside Uranus and Neptune

    Far beneath the thick blue clouds of Uranus and Neptune, matter may behave in ways never before seen.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #5thstateofmatter #CA #Canada #Exoplanets #GlobalGoodNews #Neptune #NewDiscoveries #research #Space #SpaceNews #Uranus
    newsbeep.com/ca/680076/

  12. Waves on Other Planets

    On Earth, most waves form when wind blows across the water. The shear and added energy from the wind ripples the surface, eventually building up waves (through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The same process should happen anywhere else where wind and open liquid surfaces meet–even on other planets. To explore this, researchers built a new model, PlanetWaves, that predicts the waves based on a planet’s gravity, atmospheric conditions, and the density, viscosity, and surface tension of its surface liquid.

    After validating the model with conditions on Earth, the team explored wave conditions for Titan, ancient Mars, and several exoplanets. They found that Titan’s lighter gravity and liquid ethane (which is less dense than water) combined to make waves on Titan much taller than those generated at the same wind speed on Earth (top image). You can watch them in action in the video below. Standing in a light breeze on Titan, you’d watch giant 3-meter waves rolling in.

    The team also found that waves on Mars would have gotten shorter as Mars lost its atmosphere and the air pressure dropped. Over time, the same wind speed would have elicited smaller and smaller waves. Wave action has a big effect on a landscape’s erosion, so understanding how waves look on other planets will help us parse their geography. (Video, image, and research credit: U. Schneck et al.; via MIT News; submitted by Joseph S.)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kECVsTTetM

    #exoplanets #fluidDynamics #KelvinHelmholtzInstability #oceanWaves #physics #planetaryScience #science #Titan #waves
  13. Waves on Other Planets

    On Earth, most waves form when wind blows across the water. The shear and added energy from the wind ripples the surface, eventually building up waves (through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The same process should happen anywhere else where wind and open liquid surfaces meet–even on other planets. To explore this, researchers built a new model, PlanetWaves, that predicts the waves based on a planet’s gravity, atmospheric conditions, and the density, viscosity, and surface tension of its surface liquid.

    After validating the model with conditions on Earth, the team explored wave conditions for Titan, ancient Mars, and several exoplanets. They found that Titan’s lighter gravity and liquid ethane (which is less dense than water) combined to make waves on Titan much taller than those generated at the same wind speed on Earth (top image). You can watch them in action in the video below. Standing in a light breeze on Titan, you’d watch giant 3-meter waves rolling in.

    The team also found that waves on Mars would have gotten shorter as Mars lost its atmosphere and the air pressure dropped. Over time, the same wind speed would have elicited smaller and smaller waves. Wave action has a big effect on a landscape’s erosion, so understanding how waves look on other planets will help us parse their geography. (Video, image, and research credit: U. Schneck et al.; via MIT News; submitted by Joseph S.)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kECVsTTetM

    #exoplanets #fluidDynamics #KelvinHelmholtzInstability #oceanWaves #physics #planetaryScience #science #Titan #waves
  14. Waves on Other Planets

    On Earth, most waves form when wind blows across the water. The shear and added energy from the wind ripples the surface, eventually building up waves (through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The same process should happen anywhere else where wind and open liquid surfaces meet–even on other planets. To explore this, researchers built a new model, PlanetWaves, that predicts the waves based on a planet’s gravity, atmospheric conditions, and the density, viscosity, and surface tension of its surface liquid.

    After validating the model with conditions on Earth, the team explored wave conditions for Titan, ancient Mars, and several exoplanets. They found that Titan’s lighter gravity and liquid ethane (which is less dense than water) combined to make waves on Titan much taller than those generated at the same wind speed on Earth (top image). You can watch them in action in the video below. Standing in a light breeze on Titan, you’d watch giant 3-meter waves rolling in.

    The team also found that waves on Mars would have gotten shorter as Mars lost its atmosphere and the air pressure dropped. Over time, the same wind speed would have elicited smaller and smaller waves. Wave action has a big effect on a landscape’s erosion, so understanding how waves look on other planets will help us parse their geography. (Video, image, and research credit: U. Schneck et al.; via MIT News; submitted by Joseph S.)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kECVsTTetM

    #exoplanets #fluidDynamics #KelvinHelmholtzInstability #oceanWaves #physics #planetaryScience #science #Titan #waves
  15. Waves on Other Planets

    On Earth, most waves form when wind blows across the water. The shear and added energy from the wind ripples the surface, eventually building up waves (through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The same process should happen anywhere else where wind and open liquid surfaces meet–even on other planets. To explore this, researchers built a new model, PlanetWaves, that predicts the waves based on a planet’s gravity, atmospheric conditions, and the density, viscosity, and surface tension of its surface liquid.

    After validating the model with conditions on Earth, the team explored wave conditions for Titan, ancient Mars, and several exoplanets. They found that Titan’s lighter gravity and liquid ethane (which is less dense than water) combined to make waves on Titan much taller than those generated at the same wind speed on Earth (top image). You can watch them in action in the video below. Standing in a light breeze on Titan, you’d watch giant 3-meter waves rolling in.

    The team also found that waves on Mars would have gotten shorter as Mars lost its atmosphere and the air pressure dropped. Over time, the same wind speed would have elicited smaller and smaller waves. Wave action has a big effect on a landscape’s erosion, so understanding how waves look on other planets will help us parse their geography. (Video, image, and research credit: U. Schneck et al.; via MIT News; submitted by Joseph S.)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kECVsTTetM

    #exoplanets #fluidDynamics #KelvinHelmholtzInstability #oceanWaves #physics #planetaryScience #science #Titan #waves
  16. Waves on Other Planets

    On Earth, most waves form when wind blows across the water. The shear and added energy from the wind ripples the surface, eventually building up waves (through the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability). The same process should happen anywhere else where wind and open liquid surfaces meet–even on other planets. To explore this, researchers built a new model, PlanetWaves, that predicts the waves based on a planet’s gravity, atmospheric conditions, and the density, viscosity, and surface tension of its surface liquid.

    After validating the model with conditions on Earth, the team explored wave conditions for Titan, ancient Mars, and several exoplanets. They found that Titan’s lighter gravity and liquid ethane (which is less dense than water) combined to make waves on Titan much taller than those generated at the same wind speed on Earth (top image). You can watch them in action in the video below. Standing in a light breeze on Titan, you’d watch giant 3-meter waves rolling in.

    The team also found that waves on Mars would have gotten shorter as Mars lost its atmosphere and the air pressure dropped. Over time, the same wind speed would have elicited smaller and smaller waves. Wave action has a big effect on a landscape’s erosion, so understanding how waves look on other planets will help us parse their geography. (Video, image, and research credit: U. Schneck et al.; via MIT News; submitted by Joseph S.)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kECVsTTetM

    #exoplanets #fluidDynamics #KelvinHelmholtzInstability #oceanWaves #physics #planetaryScience #science #Titan #waves
  17. Scientists recently found over 10,000 possible hidden exoplanets using AI and NASA data .

    The discovery came from analyzing millions of stars observed by NASA’s TESS telescope, showing how artificial intelligence is helping humans explore the universe faster than ever before. 🔭⚡

    Some of these worlds may become future targets in the search for life beyond Earth .🌍✨

    Read more 👇
    "Space.com article on the exoplanet discovery" (space.com/science/astrophysics)

    #Science #Space #NASA #AI #Exoplanets #Astronomy

  18. Scientists recently found over 10,000 possible hidden exoplanets using AI and NASA data .

    The discovery came from analyzing millions of stars observed by NASA’s TESS telescope, showing how artificial intelligence is helping humans explore the universe faster than ever before. 🔭⚡

    Some of these worlds may become future targets in the search for life beyond Earth .🌍✨

    Read more 👇
    "Space.com article on the exoplanet discovery" (space.com/science/astrophysics)

    #Science #Space #NASA #AI #Exoplanets #Astronomy

  19. Scientists recently found over 10,000 possible hidden exoplanets using AI and NASA data .

    The discovery came from analyzing millions of stars observed by NASA’s TESS telescope, showing how artificial intelligence is helping humans explore the universe faster than ever before. 🔭⚡

    Some of these worlds may become future targets in the search for life beyond Earth .🌍✨

    Read more 👇
    "Space.com article on the exoplanet discovery" (space.com/science/astrophysics)

    #Science #Space #NASA #AI #Exoplanets #Astronomy

  20. NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky

    May 13, 2026 NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has released its most complete view of the starry…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Astrophysics #ExoplanetScience #ExoplanetTransits #Exoplanets #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Science&Research #StudyingExoplanets #TESS(TransitingExoplanetSurveySatellite) #TheUniverse
    newsbeep.com/us/642018/

  21. NASA’s Planet-Hunting TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky

    May 13, 2026 NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has released its most complete view of the starry…
    #NewsBeep #News #Space #Astrophysics #ExoplanetScience #ExoplanetTransits #exoplanets #GoddardSpaceFlightCenter #Science #Science&Research #StudyingExoplanets #TESS(TransitingExoplanetSurveySatellite) #TheUniverse #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/582949/