The Curious Case of Iconic Star Vega’s Missing Planets
Vega provided the first telescopic evidence of a disk of planet-forming material, but there are no planets to be found around ...
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Asterogues Will Release Full Version Later This Month
After being in Early Access on Steam for over a year, the game Asterogues will release the full version in just a couple of ...
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NASA’s Sun-Bound Parker Solar Probe Swings Through Final Venus Flyby
The flyby adjusted Parker’s trajectory into the final orbital configuration of its primary mission, bringing the spacecraft ...
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Jaw-dropping Jupiter images show gas giant in eye-popping detail
Jaw-dropping new images show Jupiter in eye-popping detail. NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured incredible views of the stormy ...
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Check Out the Stunning New Images of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft
On its 66th flyby of the king of planets, Juno has captured spectacular views of the stormy atmosphere, processed by citizen ...
A ‘Future Earth’ Has Been Found Around A Dying Star — What To Know
Astronomers have discovered a rocky Earth-like planet around a white dwarf star, hinting at our planet's future about eight billion years from now.
MIT scientists study particles from distant asteroid for clues to the outer solar system’s origin
We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
Examining how stellar threats impact the habitable zone of exoplanets
When we think of exoplanets that may be able to support life, we home in on the habitable zone. A habitable zone is a region ...
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
From sweet potatoes to moss: 8 hardy plants that could thrive on Mars
Mars once boasted abundant water, warmer temperatures, and a thicker atmosphere, offering a potentially habitable ecosystem ...
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'Vega continues to be unusual:' Lack of planets around young star puzzles astronomers
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...
Planets other than Saturn that have rings
The eight planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Mercury is closest to the Sun. Neptune is the farthest. Jupiter: This planet has a faint ring system composed ...