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Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines
"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University of Amsterdam in a statement. This orbital period places it a little closer ...
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Wobbling stars reveal giant companions
Data from the Gaia spacecraft shows that even unassuming stars can host monumental companions like massive planets.
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NASA amazed by never-before-seen 'waterworld' planet eight times bigger than Earth
The exoplanet, known as GJ 1214 b, was detected by the Hubble Space Telescope and dubbed a "waterworld" by the science ...
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The Dumbest Star Wars Trope Is Also Somehow The Most Scientifically Accurate
Missing planets? That literally happens all the time IRL. Here's why the Star Wars trope of incomplete star maps and missing ...
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Object 21 times bigger than Jupiter discovered. It's neither a planet, nor a star
Scientists also discovered a second planet, a brown dwarf orbiting another low-mass star. Gaia-5b orbits the Gaia-5 star, around 134 light-years away from Earth.
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James Webb Space Telescope images bacteria-size dust grains — they'll likely turn into exoplanets
Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), this celestial spectacle, known as Herbig Haro 30 or HH 30, highlights a ...
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NASA discovers planet eight times bigger than Earth
NASA has been monitoring a never-before-seen planet in its solar system, which is eight times the size of Earth. The ...
Rare seven-planet alignment to dazzle sky in February, visible to naked eye – Here’s how to watch it
Witness a rare celestial spectacle as seven planets align in the night sky for one night in late February, offering a ...