Astrophysicists suggest shaded outer disk regions formed Jupiter's largest moons
A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...
How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
Efforts to find alien life could be boosted by simple test that gets microbes moving
Finding life in outer space is one of the great endeavors of humankind. One approach is to find motile microorganisms that ...
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Dec. 9, 2024 — A NASA Hubble Space Telescope observation program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy) obtains long-term baseline observations of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in ...
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Visitor from outer space may have warped the solar system
Scientists suggested the enormous object disrupted the orbits of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, which would explain the peculiarities of these four planets' paths. Prevailing solar ...
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An interstellar visitor may have changed the course of 4 solar system planets, study suggests
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.
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Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
The outer icy giant planet with five times the mass of Jupiter orbits the host star in ... University of Zurich astronomer Ravit Helled told Space.com. Hot Jupiters are gas giants with masses ...