More Than 5,000 Known Worlds Discovered. Full Details Here

Since the 1990s, astronomers have used ground and space-based telescopes to search for signs of planets beyond our tiny corner of the universe. Exoplanets are difficult to straightforwardly picture since they’re so distant from Earth.

However, scientists are aware of the signs, looking for swaying stars caused by the gravitational pull exerted by planets in orbit or dimming starlight caused by planets passing close to their stellar hosts.

There are probably hundreds of billions more exoplanets out there that are just waiting to be found.

The James Webb Space Telescope’s ability to peer inside the atmospheres of planets that might be habitable and discover new worlds is one reason why it has generated such excitement. The space observatory certainly delivered recently.

For the first time since the space observatory launched in December 2021, the Webb telescope demonstrated that there is an exoplanet out there.

LHS 475 b is a world 41 light-years away in the Octans constellation that is almost exactly the same size as Earth.

Although the planet does not yet have an atmosphere, the telescope’s sensitive capabilities detected a variety of molecules. To build on this information, Webb will observe the planet once more this summer.

One of Webb’s cosmic discoveries, the exoplanet, was recently announced at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle. In addition, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission of NASA discovered a second exoplanet the size of Earth in a fascinating planetary system 100 light-years away, and the planet just might be habitable.

Scientists are still discovering surprising effects from the powerful eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano a year later.

The Earth Is Now Dark- According To Research

According to a new report, the explosion sparked more than 25,500 lightning strikes in just five minutes. During the eruption’s peak, the event also sparked nearly 400,000 lightning strikes over six hours, accounting for half of all lightning worldwide.

Even more surprising, however, is the fact that the January 2022 eruption was only one aspect of a worldwide year of extreme lightning conditions.

Meanwhile, the extraordinary amber fossil, which was first documented in 1872, has been examined once more by researchers. At 1.1 inches (28 millimeters) across, it is the largest flower ever fossilized in amber.

A portion of the flower’s pollen was able to be extracted by scientists, who discovered that it is related to a group of modern plants. On the other hand, in Israel, archaeologists discovered eight eggs from an ancient ostrich.