Now playing Next Space James Webb gets best view yet of hot Earth-like exoplanet Researchers used the JWST to measure the temperature of a rocky exoplanet in the promising TRAPPIST-1 star system. 29/03/2023
Now playing Next Mobility Potentially habitable planet discovered 100 light years from Earth The newly discovered planet is a similar size to Earth and is likely to be rocky, according to NASA. 11/01/2023
Now playing Next Mobility James Webb takes most detailed look yet at an exoplanet's atmosphere NASA announced the game-changing, first-ever full reading of the atoms, molecules, and signs of active chemistry in an exoplanet's atmosphere. 25/11/2022
Now playing Next Mobility 'Ocean planet' discovered which could have temperatures right for life The one-of-a-kind exoplanet, which could support life, orbits a star 100 lightyears from our own planet, Earth. 14/09/2022
Now playing Next Mobility James Webb Telescope spots first clear evidence of CO2 on exoplanet Scientists working on the project said they are now "crossing an important threshold in exoplanet sciences". 26/08/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Life-giving water discovered on exoplanet could in fact be methane The discovery of evidence of water on an exoplanet in a “habitable zone” for the first time caused widespread excitement in 2019 - but a study suggests the vapours detected on K2-18b may in fact be methane. 17/05/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Exoplanet nine times the size of Jupiter found still 'in the womb' AB Aur b, a new exoplanet, has been found in the earliest part of its formation. Its birth is challenging what we know about planets forming. 04/04/2022
Now playing Next Mobility Scientists discovered a planet they thought would be impossible The discovery of one of the largest planets ever detected has shattered assumptions of how and where planets can form. 09/12/2021
Now playing Next Mobility Have we found the first planet outside of our galaxy? A Saturn-sized exoplanet might have been discovered by astronomers using Nasa's Chandra X-Ray Telescope. 26/10/2021
Now playing Next Mobility Molecule discovery proves there could be life beyond our solar system An international team of astronomers has moved one step closer to finding new planets similar to Earth with a groundbreaking study. 27/04/2021
Now playing Next world news Milky Way could be home to 36 alien civilisations, say scientists Scientists calculate there could be three dozen intelligent civilisations in our galaxy capable of communicating with us. 16/06/2020
Now playing Next world news Water found for first time in atmosphere of exoplanet Astronomers from UCL have found traces of water vapour in an exoplanet outside Earth's solar system. 12/09/2019
Now playing Next USA NASA retires its planet-hunting Kepler telescope The spacecraft, which discovered some 2,600 planets outside of the solar system, has run out of fuel. 01/11/2018
Now playing Next world news Scientists reveal the exoplanet most likely to spawn alien life “We determined that Kepler-452b is the most likely exoplanet that we know of on which life may have originated because of its star, Kepler-452, and because of its distance from the star,” the study’s lead author, Paul Rimmer, told Euronews. 02/08/2018
Now playing Next Chile Newly-discovered exoplanet could be best clue to life out there A newly-discovered exoplanet could be the most promising sign yet in the search for life beyond Earth, astronomers say. 19/04/2017
Now playing Next world news Exoplanets hint at a Milky Way packed with orbs that resemble Earth Second Earth when and not if says NASA 23/02/2017
Now playing Next USA 4 Reasons why the discovery of the Trappist-1 star system is important NASA announced the discovery of seven planets that could host life like on Earth. 23/02/2017
Now playing Next USA Newly-discovered Earth-sized exoplanets could host life Astronomers announce the discovery of seven earth-sized planets orbiting a star just 40 light years away from our solar system. 22/02/2017
Now playing Next world news Earth-like planet on our cosmic doorstep Just 40 trillion kilometres away – not so far in astronomical terms – a potentially habitable planet has been found by scientists. 24/08/2016
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