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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...

Rogue planets by the trillions in our Milky Way?

Planets that don’t orbit any star are referred to as rogue planets. They’re the free-floating nomads of our galaxy, drifting in interstellar space....

Spiral arms around a star, made by a giant planet

We’ve all seen pictures of our Milky Way galaxy, and different galaxies, with their majestic spiral arms. These arms curve across the dense...

Ocean worlds around red dwarfs … common?

All of us need to know if there’s life elsewhere within the universe. So, naturally, we’d additionally prefer to know the way widespread...

Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c not very Venus-like

There are 7 Earth-sized exoplanets within the close by TRAPPIST-1 system, lower than 40 light-years away. And astronomers have been hoping that this close...

4 mini-Neptunes play hide and seek

On June 8, 2023, researchers on the College of Bern and College of Geneva announced that they’ve found 4 new exoplanets. Utilizing knowledge...

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See 6 planets in late August and early September

See 6 planets earlier than dawn Possibly you’ve already seen Jupiter and Mars within the morning sky? They’re simply...

Voyager 2: Our 1st and last visit to Neptune

Reprinted from NASA. Voyager 2 passes by Neptune, 35 years in the past Thirty-five years in the past, on August...

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