The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has completed another significant milestone toward becoming the most powerful space telescope ever built: the finished primary mirror just underwent an optical measurement test called the Center of Curvature test. In essence, this is a "before" and "after" measurement of the mirror, both before the telescope undergoes more rigorous mechanical testing
Kepler-37b, about the size of Earth's moon, orbits a sun-like star 215 light-years away.
Kepler has found two habitable planets, Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, in one solar system. Kepler-62e is just 1.6 times bigger than Earth. It's the most Earth-like exoplanet discovered so far.
A growing body of evidence points to the Red Planet being much bluer in its ancient past. Where all that water went is a key question, with many scientists believing it escaped into space. New analysis suggests another answer: it retreated underground.
The potentially Earth-like planet KOI 172.02 has yet to be confirmed, but it could potentially have water and life.
A lush green planet with floating islands covered in alien vegetation hovers in space. Bioluminescent life forms create patterns of light across its surface while ring systems of colorful gas encircle it. #aliens #exoplanet #space #scifi
Astrobiologist Abel Mendez of the University of Puerto Rico has designed a software package that can draw real-looking worlds based on what we actually know - and says Nasa gets it wrong.
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In science fiction movies and television shows, real-life locations on Earth, such as California's Redwood National Forest and the Sahara Desert, have long been used to represent alien worlds. But recently, in a Star Trek-style twist, a group of scientists, including researchers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, have been using a planet in our own backyard—Mars—to help characterize and identify habitable, Earth-like planets in other solar systems.
Gas planet design from Lost in space season 2. This is a few concepts showing the sequence when resolute have breached the cloud surface and succeed to reach the gas pockets deep inside the planet. The brief was to create a wondrous yet dangerous world. It was a blast to see how the team translated these concepts into the show. Vfx supervisor Niklas Jacobson.
Alien Landscape Poster. This poster design showing a beautiful alien landscape. Vibrant pink and blue colors. The water on the alien planet shining pink, reflecting the pink sky. In the sky is a big planet. This beautiful Alien Landscape Wall Art is the perfect bedroom decoration for every fantasy lover.
