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NASA Releases Catalog Packed With the Most Bizarre Alien Worlds
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDo we live in an unusual star system? Astronomers have been trying to figure out if the Solar System...
Young 'cotton candy' exoplanet the size of Jupiter may be shrinking into a super-Earth
SPACE.com· 4 days agoAs well as being one of the lightest planets ever discovered, the extrasolar planet or "exoplanet"...
Young 'cotton candy' exoplanet the size of Jupiter may be shrinking into a super-Earth
Space via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAstronomers have found that one of the lightest exoplanets ever seen, the young 'cotton candy' world...
Northern Lights: Will you be able to see Aurora Borealis tonight in the UK?
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAurora displays occur when charged particles collide with gases in the Earth’s atmosphere around the...
Former UMaine astronomer remembered for unpacking the mysterious universe
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMay 22—George Ayers was a practical man. He took pleasure in walking nearly everywhere he went, spending quiet time in nature with his family and finding a good deal. But his greatest passion ...
Large Chunk Of SpaceX Rocket Crash Lands On Canadian Farm
IFLScience· 1 day agoA farmer in Canada has found an enormous piece of space junk in a field that is believed to have...
Newly discovered planet is bigger than Jupiter but as light as cotton candy
Scripps News via AOL· 5 days agoThe new planet’s name is partially derived from how it was initially spotted — through an...
The most bizarre alien worlds, according to NASA
Quartz· 2 days agoDo we live in an unusual star system? Astronomers have been trying to figure out if the Solar System is unique compared to other stars and their orbiting...
The fillings of a protoplanetary layer cake - Nature Astronomy
Nature· 4 days agoIn the PDS 70 disk, the CO snowline is located approximately between 56 and 85 au (depending on the exact freeze-out temperature of CO). This study thus provides useful context for JWST observations ...
Astronomers Discover the Second-Lightest "Cotton Candy" Exoplanet to Date.
Universe Today· 7 days agoThe hunt for extrasolar planets has revealed some truly interesting candidates, not the least of...