How to make a super-Earth: The universe's most common planets are whittled down by stellar radiation
Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four ...
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Why do the planets orbit in the same plane?
While there is a little wiggle room, the planets in our solar system really are orbiting on mostly the same level. Why do ...
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Strange discovery offers 'missing link' in planet formation: 'This fundamentally changes how we think about planetary systems'
A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...
Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but ...
Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP ...
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Why don't planets fall into the stars they orbit?
Why don't planets fall into the stars they orbit if they're constantly being pulled by gravity?Lindsey CoughterRocky Mount, ...
At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...
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In theory, a planet may be able to orbit a binary star system in a figure of eight, but it may not be particularly stable, ...
A sizzling exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope is shedding its atmosphere and leaving behind two gigantic helium tails.
Researchers uncover how Mars affects Earth’s orbit, offering new insight into the planetary forces behind ice ages.
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