Astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets around single stars, but few around binary stars—even though both types of ...
A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four ...
Although Mercury was geologically active in its early days, today its surface appears almost completely static. This is why ...
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Strange discovery offers 'missing link' in planet formation: 'This fundamentally changes how we think about planetary systems'
A decade of observations of four planets around the young planetary system V1298 Tau revealed a rare, long-sought missing ...
Scientists find that deep molten rock can power long-lasting magnetic fields, helping large rocky planets hold onto their ...
These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...
A faint signal from old telescope data is causing a stir in astronomy: a planet barely larger than Earth, with an almost ...
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