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Astronomer finds exoplanet 35 light-years from Earth which has a surface temperature hot enough to bake cookies on at 320 degrees Fahrenheit Researchers have directly imaged an exoplanet to 35 light-years away, the closest one to be imaged   COCONUTS-2b orbits its star 6,000 times farther than the Earth orbits the sun   At 320 degrees Fahrenheit, … Read more

An amateur astronomer has discovered a new moon orbiting Jupiter, the first time a citizen scientist has done so. Amateur star gazer Kai Ly poured over data collected in February 2003 taken by researchers at the University of Hawaii and found a new member of the Carme group, a group of 22 other small moons … Read more

Although Jupiter’s moon Europa may be one of the places in the solar system to look for life due to its ocean, robots could have to dig further than previously thought to find it, a new study suggests. According to the research, any robot landers that enter Europa’s atmosphere will have to dig at least … Read more

Phosphine gas on Venus may actually be produced by volcanoes, a new study claims, and not microbes as previously thought. Researchers from Cornell University in New York state studied data from space telescopes in Hawaii and Chile.  Based on their analysis, they argue that the ‘chemical fingerprint’ of phosphine is a geological signature that shows … Read more

Raising adoption of electric vehicles and faster generation of renewable energy could lead Hawaii to cut fossil fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by 99 and 93 percent by the year 2050, a new study says. The findings are the most ambitious scenario laid out by the study’s lead author, University of Hawaiʻi professor Katherine … Read more