NASA’s Roman Telescope Unlocks New Chapter in the Search for Alien Worlds
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope team has integrated the innovative Roman Coronagraph Instrument, marking a major milestone in ...
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The Webb Telescope Found A Planet Orbiting A Star 35 Light Years Away — Its Data Is Just Plain Odd
Recent data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that a planet orbiting a small, red star 35 light years away ...
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How Can Jupiter Have No Surface? A Look at the Planet That Could Swallow 1,000 Earths
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars – are all made of solid, rocky material, Jupiter is a gas giant with a composition similar t ...
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How comet Hale-Bopp can reveal the origins of life on Earth — and maybe beyond
Hale-Bopp originated in the Oort Cloud, a theoretical shell of icy planetesimals surrounding the sun in the outer reaches of ...
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
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New Telescope Could Potentially Identify Planet X
As technology continues to progress, though, could we uncover a new one? Astrophysicists don't know if there are ...
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'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...
How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths
The planet Jupiter has no solid ground – no surface, like the grass or dirt you tread here on Earth. There’s nothing to walk on, and no place to land a spaceship. But how can that be? If Jupiter doesn ...
Get ready for a planetary parade featuring all 7 of the other planets
A planetary parade is set to become visible in the night sky in January 2025. Six planets will come in line and will be ...
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Mars' moon Phobos captured eclipsing the Sun from the Martian surface by Perseverance rover
NASA's Perseverance rover captured Phobos eclipsing the Sun, offering insights into Mars' moons and evolution.
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The exceptional observation of the birth of a planet outside our Solar System
Our ability to detect planets outside our Solar System is becoming more refined. Thus, astrophysicists can now detect exoplanets still nestled within the dust cloud that witnessed their birth, right ...