New Discoveries In Solar System

But new criteria including the system s speed around the center of the galaxy the star s metal content and chemical absorption lines suggest that the trappist family is at least as old as our solar system and potentially twice as old at 9 8 billion years.

New discoveries in solar system. February 15 2018 key facts. Visit the links here to find out more about what we know about the discovery of planets. Venus was carefully observed in early mesoamerican cultures. Great pictures of everything in the solar system.

Nasa johns hopkins university applied physics laboratory southwest research institute. We came a step closer to answering that tantalising question with the announcement by nasa scientists of the discovery of a new solar system with climates that just might support life. Ninety five new exoplanets were discovered beyond our solar system the planets range in size from mostly rocky super earths and fluffy mini neptunes to jupiter like giants. But for the first time since the first exoplanet was discovered 25 years ago we may be able to answer the question about life beyond our solar system this video describes some of the data collected to make the discovery of seven earth sized planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star.

The discovery of an eighth planet circling the distant star kepler 90 by university of texas at austin astronomer andrew vanderburg and google s christopher shallue overturns our solar system s. Nasa science solar system exploration. Using nasa s kepler telescope date. Andrew mayo et al.

The most distant planets were discovered in the last century and we re now still discovering dwarf planets in our solar system and beyond.