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Aug. 31, 2023 A Neptune-sized planet denser than steel has been discovered by an international team of astronomers, who believe its composition could be the result of a giant planetary ...
Aug. 11, 2023 Megastorms regularly appear on Saturn, marring the relatively bland surface before disappearing. But radio observations show that the storms have long-lasting effects deeper in the atmosphere, in ...
Feb. 22, 2023 Astronomers have discovered an unusual planetary system in which a large gas giant planet orbits a small red dwarf star called TOI-5205. Their findings challenge long-held ideas about planet ...
Apr. 4, 2022 An international research team has discovered a new planet so young that it has yet to emerge from the womb of matter where it is forming. This is the youngest protoplanet discovered to date. ...
Oct. 31, 2023 Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors around other stars. New studies show, in some planetary systems, the giants tend to kick smaller planets ...
Mar. 17, 2021 What would a volcano - and its lava flows - look like on a planetary body made primarily of metal? A pilot study offers insights into ferrovolcanism that could help scientists interpret landscape ...
Jan. 18, 2021 Astronomers discover that the core mass of exoplanet WASP-107b is much lower than previously thought possible for a gas-giant ...
Mar. 7, 2023 A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a recent ...
Jan. 12, 2023 A new theory could explain the origin and properties of systems of rocky super-Earths and their relationship with the terrestrial planets of the solar ...
Apr. 27, 2022 Researchers have unveiled a new theory that could help solve a galactic mystery of how our solar system evolved. Specifically, how did the gas giants -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune -- end up ...