Have astronomers found the ‘secret recipe’ for the planet’s rapid growth?
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Exoplanet WASP-69b has a comet tail – this unique feature is helping scientists like me learn more about how planets evolve
Located 163 light-years from Earth, a Jupiter-sized exoplanet named WASP-69b offers astrophysicists a window into the dynamic processes that shape planets across the galaxy. The …
During the chaotic era of the solar system, Jupiter may have helped create Earth’s moon
It would appear that the so-called “great instability” event that caused chaos among the planets, sending the gas giants tending to space until they settled …
The mystery behind cosmic oddities called ‘JuMBOs’
At the end of the year 2023, astronomers made a startling discovery in the Orion Nebula. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the team …
The James Webb Space Telescope joins the hunt for newborn exoplanets
Astronomers are looking for planets forming around baby stars using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The powerful space telescope delivered the goods quickly, albeit …
Astronomers discover 3 previously unknown moons orbiting planets in our solar system
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. Astronomers have discovered three previously …
A hidden moon may hold rings of a strange comet-like object between Jupiter and Neptune
A tiny moon, too small to see from Earth, could be playing cosmic sheep by shaping the thin rings around the distant minor planet Chariklo, …
Giant planet too big for its own sun prompts astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
LHS 3154b, a newly discovered giant planet that should be too big to exist. Pennsylvania State University Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs …
Giant planet too big for its own sun prompts astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
Imagine you are a farmer looking for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much …