Spacecraft Finds A Positively Enormous Planet 12 Times Jupiter's Mass
Gaia-4b is considered a super-Jupiter planet, a relatively cold gas giant, orbiting its star over 570 Earth-days. That star is estimated to be 64 percent the mass of the sun. That makes Gaia-4b one of ...
This giant planet formed in a strange way, scientists find
Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...
Aldi shoppers rush to get their hands on £1.65-dupe of cult Easter chocolate that's 'better than Cadbury's'
According to a post on Facebook group Snack Reviews, the retailer has restocked its aisles with bars of Dairyfine Curious ...
Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again
Light pollution is increasing globally, and having a negative impact on wildlife and humans. But according to DarkSky ...
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Gaia was right. It did find a planet.
The ESA’s Gaia mission mapped the positions and velocities of stars with extreme precision by measuring about one billion ...
Tucson, Arizona Just Introduced a New ‘Astro Trail'
Tucson's new ‘Astro Trail' is a collection of national parks, state parks, observatories, and planetariums, that offer a ...
Hubble Hits the ‘Bullseye,’ a Galaxy With Record-Breaking 9 Rings
The Bullseye is now confirmed to have nine rings, eight of which are visible to Hubble. Researchers confirmed the existence ...
Bright Planets, Bold Encounters: February’s Sky Comes Alive
A Month of Bright Planets Venus blazes at its brightest for the year after sunset, then Mars and Jupiter to rule the night ...
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Making Sense of Space Weather: Q&A with Physicist Robyn Millan
What is space weather, what causes it, and how does it affect humans? Physicist Robyn Millan, who co-chaired a recent ...
High-precision spectrograph confirms massive exoplanet orbiting a low-mass star
With an assist from the NEID spectrograph, a team of astronomers have confirmed the existence of exoplanet Gaia-4b—one of the ...
Big Sky, brighter stars: Why Montana is 2025's ultimate stargazing destination
With a nickname like Big Sky country, it's no surprise Montana is the ultimate destination for this year's celestial events, ...
Is there life out there? The existence of other technological species is highly likely
We live in a golden age for space exploration. Scientists are gathering massive amounts of new information and scientific ...