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Astronomers Discovery a Graveyard for Comets
Astronomers have discovered
a graveyard of comets. The
researchers describe how
some of these objects,
inactive for millions of
years, have returned to life
leading them to name the
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NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time
For the first time since
exoplanets, or planets
around stars other than the
sun, were discovered almost
20 years ago, X-ray
observations have detected
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Hubble Finds a True Blue Planet: Giant Jupiter-Sized Planet Located 63 Light-Years Away
Astronomers using NASA's
Hubble Space Telescope have
deduced the actual
visible-light color of a
planet orbiting another star
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Variation Between Hot Extrasolar Planet Atmospheres Revealed
First results from the
analysis of eight 'hot
Jupiter' exoplanets suggest
that winds and clouds play
an important role in the
atmospheric make up of these
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Weather on the Outer Planets Only Goes So Deep
May 16, 2013 — What is the long-range weather forecast for the giant planets Uranus and Neptune? These planets are home to extreme winds blowing at speeds of over 1000 km/hour, hurricane-like storms as large around ... > full story -
NASA's Spitzer Puts Planets in a Petri Dish
May 6, 2013 — Our galaxy is teeming with a wild variety of planets. In addition to our solar system's eight near-and-dear planets, there are more than 800 so-called exoplanets known to circle stars beyond our sun. ... > full story -
TRAPPIST Participated in the Detection of Ten Percent of All Transiting Exoplanets Known to Date
April 25, 2013 — Among the many planets detected orbiting other stars (exoplanets) over the last twenty years, a little less than three hundred periodically pass in front of their star. This is what astronomers call ... > full story -
Jupiter's Atmosphere Still Contains Water Supplied by the Shoemaker-Levy 9 Comet Impact
April 23, 2013 — Researchers are reporting Herschel observations of water in Jupiter's stratosphere. It is a clear remnant of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet impact on Jupiter nearly 20 years ... > full story -
Where Are the Best Windows Into Europa's Interior?
April 15, 2013 — The surface of Jupiter's moon Europa exposes material churned up from inside the moon and also material resulting from matter and energy coming from above. If you want to learn about the deep ... > full story -
Mapping the Chemistry Needed for Life at Jupiter's Moon Europa
April 5, 2013 — A new paper led by a NASA researcher shows that hydrogen peroxide is abundant across much of the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. The authors argue that if the peroxide on the surface of Europa ... > full story -
Scientists to Jupiter's Moon Io: Your Volcanoes Are in the Wrong Place
April 4, 2013 — Jupiter's moon Io is the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, with hundreds of volcanoes, some erupting lava fountains up to 250 miles high. However, concentrations of volcanic ... > full story -
'Hot Spots' Ride a Merry-Go-Round on Jupiter
March 14, 2013 — In the swirling canopy of Jupiter's atmosphere, cloudless patches are so exceptional that the big ones get the special name "hot spots." Exactly how these clearings form and why they're only found ... > full story -
Modeling Jupiter and Saturn's Possible Origins
March 5, 2013 — New theoretical modeling provides clues to how the gas giant planets in our solar system -- Jupiter and Saturn -- might have formed and ... > full story -
Jupiter's Icy Moon: Window Into Europa's Ocean Lies Right at the Surface
March 5, 2013 — If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath, according to astronomers. Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet that ... > full story
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