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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 Astronomers confirm solar system’s most distant known object is indeed Farfarout - Astronomers Confirm Solar System’s Most Distant Known Object is Indeed Farfarout
(via sciencedaily.com) Astronomers have confirmed that a faint object discovered in 2018 and nicknamed 'Farfarout' is indee...
Published TESS discovers three new planets nearby, including temperate 'sub-Neptune' - TESS Discovers Three New Planets Nearby, Including Temperate 'Sub-Neptune'
(via sciencedaily.com) NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, has discovered three new worlds that are amon...
Published Astronomers discover new distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune - Astronomers Discover New Distant Dwarf Planet Beyond Neptune
(via sciencedaily.com) Astronomers have discovered a new dwarf planet orbiting in the disk of small icy worlds beyond Neptu ...
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 Dune patterns reveal environmental change on Earth and other planets
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have analyzed the shifting patterns of entire dune fields on Earth and Mars, as seen fro...
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 planets cast a deadly pall
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Giant gas planets can be agents of chaos, ensuring nothing lives on their Earth-like neighbors aroun...
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 Brief presence of water in Arabia Terra on Mars - Brief Presence of Water in Arabia Terra on Mars
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists recently discovered that water was once present in a region of Mars called Arabia Terra....
Published New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered - New Branch in Family Tree of Exoplanets Discovered
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Researchers have classified exoplanets in much the same way that biologists identify new animal spec...
Published Tiny moon shadows may harbor hidden stores of ice - Tiny Moon Shadows May Harbor Hidden Stores of Ice
(via sciencedaily.com) Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than scientists once su...
Published New limit on the definition of a planet proposed - New Limit on the Definition of a Planet Proposed
(via sciencedaily.com) A planet can be no bigger than about 10 times the size of Jupiter, an astrophysicist has calculated....
Published Venus might be habitable today, if not for Jupiter - Venus Might Be Habitable Today, If Not for Jupiter
(via sciencedaily.com) Venus might not be a sweltering, waterless hellscape today, if Jupiter hadn't altered its orbit arou ...
Published Saturn's moon Mimas: A 'snowplough' in the planet's rings - Saturn's Moon Mimas: A 'Snowplough' in the Planet's Rings
(via sciencedaily.com) Researchers have shown that Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, acted as a kind of remote snowplough, push...
Published Pluto should be reclassified as a planet, experts say - Pluto Should Be Reclassified as a Planet, Experts Say
(via sciencedaily.com) The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research. ABSTRACT: Pluto Sho...
Published Massive comet-like object pollutes atmosphere of a white dwarf - Massive Comet-Like Object Pollutes Atmosphere of a White Dwarf
(via sciencedaily.com) For the first time, scientists have witnessed a massive object with the makeup of a comet being ripp...
Published Largest potentially hazardous asteroid detected in eight years - Largest Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Detected in Eight Years
(via sciencedaily.com) Twilight observations have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in th...