Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life

 

Artist’s impression of the planet TRAPPIST-1e. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Joel Kontinen

Some evolutionists think that a Trappist star system could harbour life. TRAPPIST-1 is a small red dwarf star with at least seven planets.

 Found in 2016, it is situated 40 light years from us. It  lies within the Goldilocks zone where life is expected  to flourish. and it may have a  nitrogen-rich atmosphere like Earth’s.

TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf, it is much cooler than our own sun, making the readings more complex. For instance, chemicals like water that could indicate a hospitable atmosphere might actually be present in the star itself.  

But intelligent design might not be present on the exoplanet, that would make it not habitable for life.

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Matthew Sparkes 2025 Exoplanet 40 light years from Earth may have right conditions for life | New Scientist 8 September 

What would it feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control?

“The faster the planet, the fiercer the storms…”

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Joel Kontinen

Exoplanets are strange. They are not meant for life. But God has made the Earth in check so that life can continue on Earth.

"In the past month, Earth experienced some of its shortest days on record. The planet spun quickly enough to shave 1.4 milliseconds off of its usual 24-hour day. These natural accelerations in Earth’s spin are, of course, hard to notice. But if you’re anything like me, the feeling that our world is spinning out of control – metaphorically, at least – might not be unfamiliar.

The straightforward effects of the sun rising and setting ever-more frequently are easy to imagine. How many of us already feel as if there’s not enough time in the day? In Circular Motion, the characters are increasingly overworked, struggling to keep up with the demands of everyday life while their days keep shortening on them. Because their productivity relies on a high-speed global transport system that is itself the cause of the planet’s acceleration in the book, their rushing only makes the problem worse.”

By Alex Foster 2025 Alex Foster on his new novel, which imagines what it would feel like to be on a planet spinning out of control | New Scientist 1 August 

Water might be even more important for alien life than we thought

 

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Joel Kontinen

Without enough liquid water on the surface, a planet's atmosphere can become choked with carbon dioxide, raising temperatures to a level beyond what is survivable for all known life

Is water important for life on exoplanets? According to Genesis, it is important also in space in which God created the planets.

Alien worlds found in the “habitable zone” of their star may still not be right for life

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The number of planets capable of hosting alien life may be smaller than we thought, thanks to a new understanding of how water levels drive a planet’s climate. Below a certain level, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can grow too much and make a planet unbearably hot, which could also explain why Venus is as inhospitable as it appears today.

All life that we know of needs liquid water, which is why astronomers are keen to find planets in the “habitable zone” around their star region where temperatures are conducive for liquid water to exist. But now Haskelle White-Gianella at the University of Washington and her colleagues have found that source;

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Alex Wilkins 2025 Water might be even more important for alien life than we thought | New Scientist 15 July

Bizarre 'failed star' the size of Jupiter is 2,000 degrees hotter than the sun

 

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Joel Kontinen

This Jupiter-size object is 80 times hotter than the sun

Our solar system is really special, compared to other systems. Take for instance the exoplanet that will give not life to the little green men.

“Some stars get hot, hotter than the sun. A newly discovered star system is breaking records — and helping scientists unravel the mysteries of an extreme type of planet known as hot Jupiters. In a paper published Aug. 14 in the journal Nature Astronomy, researchers describe how the system could help further our understanding of worlds beyond our solar system.

A newly discovered star system is breaking records — and helping scientists unravel the mysteries of an extreme type of planet known as hot Jupiters. In a paper published Aug. 14 in the journal Nature Astronomy, researchers describe how the system could help further our understanding of worlds beyond our solar system.”

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Joanna Thompson 2023 Bizarre 'failed star' the size of Jupiter is 2,000 degrees hotter than the sun | Live Science August 18

 

Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system

 

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Joel Kontinen

Some planets are formed that they have life. But only exoplanets tend not to have it. The latest case is the Trappist 1 saga which probably has none.

Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make this challenging.

The search for atmospheres around the TRAPPIST-1 star system, one of the most promising locations for life elsewhere in the galaxy, might be even more difficult than astronomers first thought because of short-lived radiation blasts from the star.

TRAPPIST-1, first discovered in 2016, is a small red dwarf star about 40 light years from Earth with at least seven planets orbiting it. It is a prime target for astronomers hoping to detect extraterrestrial life because several of its planets appear to sit in a habitable zone where temperatures are just right for liquid water.

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Alex Wilkins 2025 Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system | New Scientist 23 June

Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars

 

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Joel Kontinen

After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion.

Some planetary systems do not look normal to us, How could you see a binary star system that has a planet between two stars, Space is wonderful and we should not see life on this planet.  

“After years of observation, researchers finally understand how a pair of stars can maintain a stable orbital dance with an elusive planet.

In 2004, David Ramm at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand spotted a mysterious repeating signal while observing the motion of a pair of stars in a system called Nu Octantis. This started a long debate on whether the signal was evidence that this system included a planet roughly twice the size of Jupiter, which some! physicists thought impossible because of the size and closeness of the two stars. Now, Ramm and Man Hoi Lee at the University of Hong Kong and their colleagues have offered the most conclusive evidence yet that Nu Octantis really is a threesome rather than a duo.”

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Karmela Padavic-Callaghan 2025 Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars | New Scientist 21 May 

 

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise

 

Illustration of the exoplanet K2-18b Image courtesy of NASA’s Goddard ace Flight Center/Science Photo Library

Joel Kontinen

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the claimed molecules may not be there at all

Evolutionist are inspired if life would be found in other planets, but often their wishes are turned to dust. The latest was with the  planet K2-18b.

“Apparent signs of alien life on the exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise, according to a new analysis of data from the James Webb  telescope.

On 17 April, Nikku Madhusudhan at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues made the stunning claim that K2-18b, a super-Earth 124 light years away, showed strong evidence of an atmosphere containing dimethyl sulphide, a gas that on Earth is only produced by living things.”

So we would not see little green men on the exoplanet.

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Alex Wilkins 2025 Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise | New Scientist 24 April 

Will we ever have confirmation of life outside our solar system?

 

Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b Image courtesy of Smith/N. Mandhusudhan

Joel Kontinen

Could we ever see and hear of life outside our solar system? Some scientists are supposing that we might have some news of it.

One of the strongest signs of life outside Earth was announced this week, but some astronomers cautioned that it is extremely difficult to verify. That raises the question: will there ever come a point where we have definitive evidence of extraterrestrial life, and when might that be?

The supposed signs of life were picked up by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from the exoplanet K2-18b, 124 light years away. Nikku Madhusudhan at the University of Cambridge and his colleagues reported a signal of dimethyl sulphide (DMS).

But some scientists are saying that there is no life on the planet.

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By Alex Wilkins 2025 Will we ever have confirmation of life outside our solar system? | New Scientist17 April 

 

The exoplanet that seems like a rotten-egg world

 

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This exoplanet smells like rotten eggs. It is too hot for life.  

The exoplanet HD 189733 b, located about 64 light-years from Earth, has a chemical composition so distinct that astronomers can practically smell it from across the galaxy. A recent James Webb Space Telescope study of the planet found that its atmosphere contains significant amount  of hydrogen sulphide — a toxic and flammable gas given off by decaying organic matter and volcanoes on Earth — which smells like rotten eggs. The smelly egg planet is far too hot for life to exist.

The mere fact that scientists can detect such distinct molecules in its atmosphere is a good sign. For evolutionists, that JWST may soon be able to detect signatures of life elsewhere in the universe.

This is just speculation formed by Darwinism.

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Brandon Specktor 2024. 32 alien planets that really exist | Live Science 2. October.

What is the largest exoplanet in the universe?

 

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Joel Kontinen

The giant exoplanet LS 3154b has scientists scratching their heads, because it seems far too large for its tiny star. 

This planet is too large compared to its sun.

“This planet, which is about 13 times more massive than Earth but orbits a star nine times less massive than the sun, doesn't seem like it could exist, researchers said upon its discovery in 2023. Future studies of this "impossible" world could upend the known rules of planet formation.” which is by evolutionary design.

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 Brandon Specktor 2024  32 alien planets that really exist | Live Science 2. October.

Planet spotted orbiting Barnard's star just 6 light years away

 

Artist’s impression of Barnard’s star b, a planet in orbit around Barnard’s star

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Joel Kontinen

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet around Barnard’s star, one of the sun’s closest neighbours, but it is too hot for liquid water or life.

Life in a nearby planet?  

One of the sun’s closest neighbours, Barnard’s star, appears to have at least one planet orbiting it, as well as another three possible planets that need further confirmation.

Astronomers have been looking for planets aroud and Barnard’s star, which at 5.96 light years away is the next-closest star to us after the three stars in the Alpha Centauri system, since the 1960s.

In 2018, researchers claimed to have found a planet that was at least three times larger than Earth, which they called Barnard’s star b, but a follow-up analysis showed that the signals of the apparent planet were actually caused by higher than expected stellar activity.

Now, Jonay Hernández at the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics and his colleagues say they have found a new Barnard’s star b, which is around 40 per cent as massive as Earth.

The planet is much closer to its star than any planets in our solar system, completing an orbit in just over three Earth days. This also means its surface is too hot for liquid water or life, with a temperature of around 125°C (257°F).

So the scientist are are claiming that the planet is too hot for liquid water and life.  

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 Alex Wilkins 2024 Planet spotted orbiting Barnard's star just 6 light years away | New Scientist 1 October. 

Eye-ball planet is habitable?

 

Image courtesy of Benoit Gougeon, Universite de Montreal.

Joel Kontinen

NASA scientist say that an exoplanet might have an illiquid ocean and be habitable.

“The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found that a distant world. Scientists thought it was discovered several years ago could be an "eyeball" planet with iris-like ocean surrounded by a sea of solid ice — making it a candidate for a potentially habitable world. “

The exoplanet is called LHS-1140b and it is about 50 light years from us, It is 1.73 times our planet, Scientist say that it was a mini-Neptune. but now they say that it would potentially support live.

This exoplanet is situated in the "Goldilocks zone” which make it possible for live. But live can only came with intelligence that this planet does not have.

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Ben Turner, 2024. 'Eyeball' planet spied by James Webb telescope might be habitable (msn.com) 10 July

Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet

 

Image courtecy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (Caltech-IPAC)

Joel Kontinen

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet sitting just a cool, red dwarf star 40 light years away from our solar system, making it the closest potentially habitable world to us yet.

“One of the planets the planets, which orbits the star Gliese 12 in the constellation Pisces, was first spotted by astronomers using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a NASA space telescope.”

But Gliese 12b is probably not suited for life.

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Chen Ly 2024 Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years away – the closest yet | New Scientist 25 May

Researxhera have detexted signs of alien life on an exoplanet

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 Joel Kontinen

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide, a chemical only known to be created by phytoplankton on Earth, “

This took place in the atmosphere of an exoplanet that is thought to have an liquid ocean,

The exoplanet, K2-18 b, is a “sub-Neptune planet (between the size of Earth and Neptune) that orbits in the habitable zone around a red dwarf star roughly 120 light-years “ from us.

Researtcers are not sure if the exoplanet has life, They have discovered "dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a foul-smelling chemical that is only known to be produced by microscopic life in Earth's oceans. “ 

But that does not mean life, 

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Baker , Harry, 2923. ,  James Webb telescope sees potential signs of alien life in the atmosphere of a distant 'Goldilocks' water world Live Science 16 September 

No little green men on massive exoplanet

 

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Joel Kontinen

We would not want to see little green men on the exoplanet Smertrios. 

HD149026b, or Smertrios, is a so-called hot Jupiter, a Jupiter-like planet that orbits extremely close to its parent star, Its distance to the star is merely three earth days.  

The planet is so close to its star that its temperate is 1,425 degrees Celsius,  but unlike the massive stars in the solar system, the atmospheric composition of a planet has carbon and oxygen. 

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 Pultarova, Tereza. 2023. Webb telescope finds a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that defies expectations.  Space.com. 28 March. 

Exoplanet TOI-778 b is hot and lifeless

   

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Joel Kontinen

For evolutionists, finding a hot Jupiter right in front of a star would put star forming strategies out of order.  An exoplanet that is called TOI-778 b celebrates a  a trip around its sun every 4.6 days. 

This planet orbits its star at 9 million kilometres or 5.6 million miles. It is much closer than  Mercury to our sun.  Its temperature is 1,500 Kelvin or 1227 degrees Celsius,  so we should not find little green men there. , 

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Lea , Robert, 2022, Newfound 'hot jupiter' exoplanet celebrates new year's every 5 days.   Space. com, 

3 January

Watery Exoplanets

 

Image courtesy of NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI). 

Joel Kontinen

Two strange planets 218 light years away from us may be completely coveredin oceans 500 times deeper than Earth’s. While the planets do not have life, Evolutionist are eager that some  of them will may be scattered in the universe.  

Researchers think that these planets Kepler-138 c and d are relative close to their sun and thus have “dense atmospheres of steam. Beneath the atmosphere, temperatures are expected toreach beyond 200°C and pressures would be at least 100 times the surface pressure on Earth.. ”

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Leah, Crane. 2022.    Twin planets orbiting a distant star may be half water, New Scientist 15 December

Glory To God Is Seen In Giant Planets

 

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Joel Kontinen

According to evolutionists. giant stars stealing planets from smaller stars could explain why a strange trio of planets are in orbits that they shouldn’t be.

B-type stars are extremely hot stars more than three times as massive as the sun. Astronomers who believe in evolution, didn’t think they could host planets. Then in late 2021 and early 2022, a survey called the B-star Exoplanet Abundance Study (BEAST) found three huge planets on wide orbits around B-type stars,

We are living in a marvellous place. The heavens tell of the glory of God- something that New Scientist will  not tell you about,  

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Crane,  Leah, 2022. Weird, enormous planets may be stolen from stars in 'planetary heists' New Scientist 7 September

Researchers found an exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf star

 Image courtesy of Mark A. Garlck/MarkGarlick.com.

Joel Kontinen

 Researchers have found an exoplanet orbiting a white dwarf star in its habitable zone. Evolutionists assume that it can harbour live, just like bigger stars.

“A lot of people think of a white dwarf as a dead system or a dead end, but this tells us that there is a lot of stuff going on around white dwarfs,” says Jay Farihi at University College London.

Yes, white dwarfs are poisonous. They make living there impossible. 

Farihi and his colleagues spotted these hints while observing a star called WD 1054-226, which lies about 118 light years away, using several powerful telescopes

The researchers have found that a supposedly looking star hails about 2.6 million kilometres from the star – about 4 per cent of the distance between Mercury and the sun – putting their temperatures at around 50°C, which is right in the middle of the range for liquid water. This means that if there is a planet there, it could have the right temperature for oceans and maybe even life.

But that is just an assumption. Life only comes from being created.

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Crane, Leah. 2022, First hints of a planet orbiting in a white dwarf’s habitable zone New Scientist  11 February

Earth sized exoplanet found

 

Image courtesy of Patricia Klein. 

Joel Kontinen

 Researchers have found an exoplanet that circles a nearby red dwarf star. They used radial velocity observations to measure the mass. it was a sub-Earth–sized planet with a density almost equivalent to pure iron.  This suggests that it had lost its outer mantle.

It seems that our planet and planet system is an oddball.  Planets orbiting a red dwarf starcannot be habitable.

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 Smith Keith T, 2921, Exoplanets A nearby iron-rich sub-Earth planet. Science,  2 December.