{"id":420661,"date":"2022-03-23T23:11:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T23:11:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:11:33","slug":"nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA uncovers 10 alien planets on mission to find Earth-like one"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2533b23c70d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#%E2%80%9CNASA_uncovers_10_alien_planets_on_mission_to_find_Earth-like_one%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NASA uncovers 10 alien planets on mission to find Earth-like one&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Brown_dwarf_planet\" >Brown dwarf planet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Planet_with_two_suns\" >Planet with two suns<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Proxima_Centauri_C\" >Proxima Centauri C<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Boiling_super-Earth\" >Boiling super-Earth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#An_odd_orbiter\" >An odd orbiter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Recent_find\" >Recent find<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Deep_in_space\" >Deep in space<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Wobbling_planet\" >Wobbling planet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Hell_on_Earth\" >Hell on Earth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-uncovers-10-alien-planets-on-mission-to-find-earth-like-one\/#Earth-size_exoplanet\" >Earth-size exoplanet<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNASA_uncovers_10_alien_planets_on_mission_to_find_Earth-like_one%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NASA uncovers 10 alien planets on mission to find Earth-like one&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NASA is always on the lookout for new planets.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists at the US space agency and other institutions across the globe hope to find habitable exoplanets that host life or could support us in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Nasa uses its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to make a lot of its discoveries.<\/p>\n<p>It finds exoplanets, meaning planets outside our Solar System, by measuring if light is dimmed when a suspected planet passes across a star.<\/p>\n<p>This can be a long and tedious process as several transits of a planet may be needed in order to confirm its existence.<\/p>\n<p>The US space agency has found quite a few planets this way and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/amazing-exoplanet-discoveries\">Space.com<\/a>\u00a0highlighted ten of the most interesting examples.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Brown_dwarf_planet\"><\/span>Brown dwarf planet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Brown dwarfs are celestial objects that aren\u2019t technically stars or planets.<\/p>\n<p>This is why it was so unusual when Nasa\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope spotted a planet orbiting a brown dwarf called CFHTWIR-Oph 98.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/CFHTWIR-Oph-98-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"An artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf, CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b.\" class=\"wp-image-21633859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/CFHTWIR-Oph-98-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/CFHTWIR-Oph-98-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/CFHTWIR-Oph-98-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An artist\u2019s conception illustrates the brown dwarf, CFHTWIR-Oph 98 b. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Planet_with_two_suns\"><\/span>Planet with two suns<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Nasa used TESS to detect a planet called TIC 172900988 b.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unusual because it orbits two stars.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s like Earth orbiting two suns.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Proxima_Centauri_C\"><\/span>Proxima Centauri C<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You may have heard of this exoplanet before.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s popular because it orbits a star called Proxima Centauri, which is the closest star to our Sun.<\/p>\n<p>It was spotted in 2016 and is 4.25-light-years away.<\/p>\n<p>Proxima Centauri C is said to be a rocky exoplanet but it\u2019s not thought to be habitable.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Boiling_super-Earth\"><\/span>Boiling super-Earth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A super-Earth is a rocky planet several times the mass of our own world.<\/p>\n<p>Super-Earth HD 108236 b is over three times the mass of our planet.<\/p>\n<p>A year on the planet is technically 3.8 days because it orbits its star so quickly.<\/p>\n<p>We wouldn\u2019t be able to survive on this \u2018super-Earth\u2019 because the surface temperature is estimated at 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit (825 degrees Celsius).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/HD-106906-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rendering of 11-Jupiter-mass exoplanet called HD106906 b.\" class=\"wp-image-21633947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/HD-106906-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/HD-106906-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/HD-106906-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>This 11-Jupiter-mass exoplanet called HD106906 b occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ESA\/Hubble, M. Kornmesser<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_odd_orbiter\"><\/span>An odd orbiter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Exoplanet HD 106906 was spotted in 2013 but Nasa didn\u2019t realize it had such a strange orbit until 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The planet is about 68 billion miles from its star.<\/p>\n<p>That means one year on the planet is like 15,000 Earth years.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recent_find\"><\/span>Recent find<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Exoplanet OGLE-2019-BLG-0960 b was only spotted last year.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a rocky planet and is about 1.4 and 3.1 times the mass of Earth.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TIC-172900988-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"An illustration of exoplanet TIC 172900988 b.\" class=\"wp-image-21633952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TIC-172900988-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TIC-172900988-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/TIC-172900988-b.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Exoplanet TIC 172900988 b is unusual because it orbits two stars.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deep_in_space\"><\/span>Deep in space<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The next unusual exoplanet on the list was actually discovered in a different galaxy.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of exoplanets are found in the Milky Way but planet M51-ULS-1b was found in the Whirlpool Galaxy in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 28 million light-years away so we won\u2019t be visiting any time soon.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wobbling_planet\"><\/span>Wobbling planet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Exoplanet TVLM 513B was only spotted because of its tiny wobble.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists used a method called astrometry, which uses very precise measurements to spot orbiting planets.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hell_on_Earth\"><\/span>Hell on Earth<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Exoplanet GJ 367 b was announced in December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>It orbits its star in just eight hours and its temperature is said to be 2,700 \u00b0F (1,500 \u00b0C) in its daytime.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GJ-367-b-artist-concept-TESS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Artist\u2019s concept of Mars-sized exoplanet GJ 376 b orbiting its red dwarf star.\" class=\"wp-image-21633897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GJ-367-b-artist-concept-TESS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GJ-367-b-artist-concept-TESS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/GJ-367-b-artist-concept-TESS.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Exoplanet GJ 376 b orbits its star in just eight hours.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA\/ ESA\/ G. Bacon (STScI)\/ MIT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Earth-size_exoplanet\"><\/span>Earth-size exoplanet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This Earth-size exoplanet was discovered in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>You wouldn\u2019t want to live on planet GJ 1132.<\/p>\n<p>Nasa\u2019s Hubble Space Telescope indicates that it has a brutal secondary atmosphere containing cyanide and methane.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4906767\/nasa-new-planets-exoplanet-discoveries\/\">The Sun<\/a> and has been reproduced here with permission. <br \/><\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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