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Rainbow-like glory on an exoplanet is 1st-ever detected

Astronomers have detected what seems to be a glory – the identical optical phenomenon you typically see out the window of an airplane...

The ESPRESSO planet-hunter looks at Jupiter

The ESPRESSO spectrograph – on the Very Massive Telescope (VLT) in Chile – is primarily a planet-hunter. It’s designed to seek for planets...

The strange case of 2 missing giant exomoons (and maybe others)

Wanting outward into our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have found over 5,500 confirmed exoplanets, or planets orbiting distant stars. And there are 1000's...

Can haze on water worlds aid in the search for life?

There’s rising proof for water worlds in our galaxy, worlds even richer in water than Earth. Some distant planets is likely to be...

Mists of tiny quartz crystals on a giant hot exoplanet

About 1,300 light-years away, cloudy mists are swirling within the excessive ambiance of an enormous, scorching exoplanet referred to as WASP-17 b. However...

Wait. A brown dwarf hotter than our sun?

A brown dwarf isn’t a planet or a star. Brown dwarfs are extra large than Jupiter, the largest gas giant planet in our...

Are the TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets habitable, or not?

The seven rocky planets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 are all shut in measurement to Earth. They’re solely 40 light-years away. And so they’ve...

Powerful winds from cool stars can threaten exoplanets

Most stars in our Milky Way galaxy are thought-about cool stars. Astronomers categorize cool stars as F, G, K or M, with our...

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Short trips to space can have a toll on an astronaut’s body | Astronomy.com

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members (pictured) spent 199 days in space. Credit score: NASA/Joel Kowsky Solely about 600 individuals...

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