Jupiter-like planet 8 UMi b, named Halla, orbits its host red giant star Baekdu closely. The red giant's merger with a white ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected clouds made of silicates, similar to sand here on Earth, as well as water, ...
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Scientists Just Found a Super-Earth Exoplanet Only 18 Light-Years Away
A new exoplanet candidate has just burst onto the scene, and it may be one of the best alien worlds yet on which to search ...
Every year, the Taurid meteor shower lights up the night sky from late October through early November. Sometimes called the ...
Scientists have discovered a rare six-planet system, HD 110067, where all planets orbit their star in perfect mathematical ...
Thirty years ago this week, two Swiss astronomers announced that they had spotted the first known planet orbiting a Sun-like star. The Nobel-winning discovery, later published in the pages of Nature, ...
In the hunt for extraterrestrial life, we usually look for planets orbiting sun-like stars and icy moons. But there is another possible candidate—planets circling white dwarfs, the hot, dense remnants ...
A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for ...
Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending a mission to one would undoubtedly yield a scientific payoff. There’s a ...
"Though our Mars orbiters continue to make impressive contributions to Mars science, it's always extra exciting to see them responding to unexpected situations like this one." A European Mars probe ...
They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change? They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their ...
The government may be shut down, but space exploration advocates are still pleading NASA's case on Capitol Hill. On Monday (Oct. 6), the nonprofit Planetary Society held a "day of action" to urge ...
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