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NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus – NASA Science

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NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus – NASA Science

5 min read NASA’s Compact Infrared Cameras Enable New Science A new, higher-resolution infrared camera outfitted with a variety of lightweight filters could probe sunlight reflected off Earth’s upper atmosphere and surface, improve forest fire warnings, and reveal the molecular composition of other planets. The cameras use sensitive, high-resolution strained-layer superlattice sensors, initially developed at … Read more

Discovery Alert: An Earth-sized World and Its Ultra-cool Star – NASA Science

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Discovery Alert: An Earth-sized World and Its Ultra-cool Star – NASA Science

The exoplanet SPECULOOS-3 b is about 55 light-years from Earth (really close when you consider the cosmic scale!) and nearly the same size. A year there, one orbit around the star, takes about 17 hours. The days and nights, though, may never end: The planet is thought to be tidally locked, so the same side, … Read more