Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty ...
Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.
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Most normal matter isn’t in stars or planets, so where is it?
Most of what people casually call “the universe” is not where instinct suggests. Stars, planets and glowing gas clouds are ...
The classical picture of star and planet formation suggests that a star’s rotational axis and the orbital planes of its planets should be aligned. However, exoplanetary systems have considerable ...
The star system V1298 Tau reveals that many planets begin as large, low-density worlds that slowly shrink and shed their ...
This image from a simulation of atmospheric flow shows temperature patterns on one of the newly discovered planets (61Virb), which is hot enough that it glows with its own thermal emission. A movie of ...
Our sun is about halfway through its life, which means Earth is as well. After a star exhausts its hydrogen nuclear fuel, its diameter expands more than a hundredfold, engulfing any unlucky planets in ...
In a blow to anyone dreaming that complex life may exist elsewhere in the universe, a new study suggests we're unlikely to ...
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth. Astronomers have revealed new evidence ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...
The University of Arizona will serve as mission control for a newly launched space telescope designed to study distant ...
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