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Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 4 months agoA newly discovered planet that should be too big to have formed around a tiny star is throwing into...
How many planets are in the universe?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWe currently know of 5,502 planets beyond the solar system, but we've only found the tiniest fraction of the planets astronomers think lie elsewhere in...
Uranus got its name from a very serious authority
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThese two pictures of Uranus were compiled from images recorded by Voyager 2 on January 10, 1986. The picture on the left has been processed to show...
This alien planetary system has a Jupiter world 99 times wider than Earth
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAstronomers found two planetary systems centered around solar analogs containing mini-Neptune...
As scientists find real exoplanets, sci-fi writers change their vision of alien worlds
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe discovery of the first exoplanets was a watershed moment for both science and science fiction,...
‘The announcement we’ve found alien life could be just a couple of years away’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago“Generally, when I’m on a plane, if I tell somebody that I search for life on planets around other...
See the Great Square of Pegasus trot through the night sky this month
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoLook to the east in the evenings throughout September to find the Great Square of Pegasus, a group...
Webb spots a building block of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa
CNN via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEditor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on...
