Astronomers Radically Reimagine the Making of the Planets
Start at the center, with the sun. Our middle-aged star may be more placid than most, but it is otherwise unremarkable. Its planets, however, are another…
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Astronomers Discover Potato-Shaped Planet 1,500 Light-Years Away From Earth
Just like Earth, most planets we know of are shaped like orbs, except Jupiter, which has several rings around it. Still, Jupiter too appears like a globe. But…
NASA’s Hubble Find Close Rocky Planet With ‘Tantalizing Parallels To Earth’—And It’s Coming Back…
This picture is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet GJ 1132 b. For the primary time, scientists ... utilizing the NASA/ESA Hubble…
Bright Star Vega, Source Of The Alien Signal In The Movie ‘Contact,’ May Have A ‘Hot Puffy Planet’…
Seine et Marne. Focus on one of the vital lovely stars of heaven: Vega within the constellation Lyra. ... The blue star is situated 25…
A Planet Close To Us With A Day That Lasts Forever And An Eternal Night Lit Up By Exploding…
This artist’s illustration represents the potential inside dynamics of the super-Earth exoplanet ... LHS 3844b. The planet's inside…
All Planets Are Wet And Our Galaxy May Be Swarming With Ocean Worlds Like Ours Say Scientists
All planets within the Milky Way could also be fashioned by the identical constructing blocks, that means that planets with ... the…
A Blazing Hot Super-Earth With Glowing Rivers Of Lava—And An Atmosphere
Artistic impression of the floor of the newly found scorching super-Earth Gliese 486b. With a ... temperature of about 700 Kelvin (430…
This Colombian Searches For The Secrets Of Stars With Exoplanets
Colombian researcher Lauren Flor-Torres in entrance of a picture of the M42 (The Orion Nebula) taken ... with Celestron EdgeHD 8" SCT…
A Weird ‘Sextuple’ Star System Has Been Found By NASA Where Six Suns Eclipse Each Other
TESS beforehand revealed that Thuban, a former North Star, can be a eclipsing binary, as ... illustrated right here. Three such pairs…
Two Teenagers ‘Hit The Jackpot’ As They Discover Four Planets Orbiting A Close Sun-Like Star
An artist’s rendering of 5 planets orbiting TOI-1233, 4 of which have been found utilizing the ... Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey…