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Jupiter's elusive 5th moon caught crossing the Great Red Spot in new NASA images
LiveScience· 12 hours agoNASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the elusive fifth moon of Jupiter transiting the giant planet's...
Scientists discover large, 'cotton candy-like' planet with unusually low density
Fox News· 20 hours agoAstronomers have discovered an exoplanet larger than Jupiter but incredibly lightweight, similar to...
Astronomers propose a new stellar theory to explain the origin of phosphorus
Phys.org· 6 days agoAstronomers have proposed a new theory to explain the origin of phosphorus, one of the elements...
SPECULOOS Uncovers Earth-Sized Exoplanet Just 55 Light-Years Away
SciTechDaily· 23 hours agoAstronomers have just revealed the existence of an Earth-sized planet around SPECULOOS-3, a nearby star similar in size to Jupiter and twice as cold as our Sun. The SPECULOOS ...
James Webb telescope measures the starlight around the universe's biggest, oldest black holes for...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAstronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have separated the light of a quasar from the light...
Astronomers Discover an Atmosphere on a Hot, Rocky Exoplanet With an Ocean of Magma
Smithsonian Magazine· 6 days agoAstronomers have spotted signs of an atmosphere on an exoplanet 41 light-years away from Earth—the...
Astronomers Try to Directly Observe Epsilon Eridani b. No Luck. Maybe Webb Can Find it?
Universe Today· 2 days agoBack in the year 2000, Epsilon Eridani b was discovered. It is a Jupiter-like exoplanet 10.5 light years away but it has taken decades of observations to learn more about the planet. One thing ...
This giant gas planet is as fluffy and puffy as cotton candy - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoAstronomers have identified a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter yet surprisingly as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The exoplanet has exceedingly low density for its size ...
Astronomers find the biggest known batch of planet ingredients swirling around young star
Detroit News· 2 days agoAstronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients swirling around a young star. The diameter of this colossal disk is roughly ...
Astronomers find the biggest known batch of planet ingredients swirling around young star - KVIA
ABC 7 El Paso· 2 days agoAstronomers have discovered what they believe is the biggest known batch of planet-making ingredients in the cosmos. The colossal disk of gas and dust is swirling around a young star 1,000 light-years away.