Why puffy exoplanets often dance in perfect rhythm
by Sub-Neptune planets that dance in time with the rest of their planetary systems are closer than planets that don’t, according to planetary scientists. Although conspicuously …
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White dwarfs are ‘heavy metal’ zombie stars that endlessly cannibalize their dead planetary systems
Astronomers may have finally solved the mystery of how dead superblack stars known as white dwarfs keep their heavy metal shells fresh – by cannibalizing …
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 …
‘This has never been seen before’
A dead star that eats its own planets is like a raging cosmic zombie destroyed by planetary debris. The imprintable metal scar sits on the …
In their quest to find alien life, scientists are searching for extrasolar Earth-Jupiter duos
Illustration of an Earth-like planet watched by a giant Jupiter-like planet and a small sun in the distance. Scientists have created a first-of-its-kind catalog of …
Jupiter’s world is 99 times wider than Earth at this alien planetary system
Astronomers have discovered not one but two planetary systems with sun-like stars at their cores. Both of these systems contain the minor planets of Neptune …
That’s no moon! Scientists are skeptical that the 1st exomoons are proposed to be detected
Two scientists are conducting new research on Obi-Wan Kenobi from Star Wars: A New Hope regarding the proposed detection of two moons orbiting planets outside …
Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. Astronomers used two different exoplanet …
Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on exciting discoveries, scientific advances and more. Astronomers used two different exoplanet …