New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than ...
Brandeis physicist James Cho has spent 25 years working on this problem. Most recently, he’s worked on the European Space ...
A team of astronomers led by Elisabeth Matthews at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a discovery that highlights the limits of most current models of exoplanet atmospheres: ...
Rogue planets sound like rare travelers among the stars, freed from the gravitational constraints of a host system, left to ...
Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA’s TESS mission—and it’s paying ...
New research suggests that many planets previously considered promising for life may, in fact, be far less hospitable. A ...
Titan is the largest of Saturn’s 292 known moons, by far. It’s also the only other cosmic body apart from Earth confirmed to host standing liquid similar to our oceans in our solar system. But don’t ...
Colored microplastics in the air have a small but statistically meaningful impact on how much sunlight the Earth absorbs as ...
A distant Jupiter-like planet has revealed an unexpected secret: water-ice clouds hiding in its atmosphere. The discovery, made with JWST, shows these alien worlds are more complex than scientists ...
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