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Published Does this exoplanet have a sibling sharing the same orbit?
(via sciencedaily.com) Astronomers have found the possible 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star. The team has dete ...
Published Moon orbiting 'dinky' asteroid is actually two tiny moons stuck together
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The moon orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two tiny moons stuck together. Collectively cal ...
Published NASA's DART impact permanently changed the shape and orbit of asteroid moon
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new study provides insights on the geophysics behind asteroid formation and evolution....
Published Sun-like stars found orbiting hidden companions
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 21 neutron stars in orbit around stars like our Sun. Th ...
Published Surprisingly simple explanation for the alien comet 'Oumuamua's weird orbit - Surprisingly Simple Explanation for the Alien Comet 'Oumuamua's Weird Orbit
(via sciencedaily.com) When the first interstellar comet ever seen in our solar system was discovered in 2017, one characte...
Published Images of nearest 'super-Jupiter' open a new window to exoplanet research
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star i ...
Published Scientists detect and validate the longest-period exoplanet found with TESS
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have detected and validated two of the longest-period exoplanets found by TESS to date. T...
Published An astronomical waltz reveals a sextuplet of planets
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Astronomers have found a key new system of six transiting planets orbiting a bright star in a harmon ...
Published Astronomers spot a 'highly eccentric' planet on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of a ...
Published Engineers conduct first in-orbit test of 'swarm' satellite autonomous navigation
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source With 2D cameras and space robotics algorithms, astronautics engineers have created a navigation syst...
Published Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Astronomers have just discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet around SPECULOOS-3, an 'ultracool dwarf...
Published 'Forbidden' planet orbiting small star challenges gas giant formation theories - Forbidden Planet Orbiting Small Star Challenges Gas Giant Formation Theories
(via sciencedaily.com) Astronomers have discovered an unusual planetary system in which a large gas giant planet orbits a s ...
Published Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life -- if they can survive long enough
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The small footprint and dim light of white dwarfs, remnants of stars that have burned through their...
Published Life after death: Astronomers find a planet that shouldn't exist
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source The star would have inflated up to 1.5 times the planet's orbital distance -- engulfing the planet i ...
Published Giant swirling waves at edge of Jupiter's magnetosphere
(via sciencedaily.com) A team has found that NASA's Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter frequently encounters giant swirling w ...
Published Mysterious mini-Neptunes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source This study discovered mini-Neptunes around four red dwarfs using observations from a global network...
Published The origins of dark comets
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our ...
Published A new Tatooine-like multi-planetary system identified - A New Tatooine-Like Multi-Planetary System Identified
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source An international team of astronomers has announced the second-ever discovery of a multiplanetary cir...
Published The planet that could end life on Earth - The Planet That Could End Life on Earth
(via sciencedaily.com) A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar...
Published Webb detects water vapor in rocky planet-forming zone
(via sciencedaily.com) Water is essential for life as we know it. However, scientists debate how it reached the Earth and w...