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JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
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Giant planet or 'failed star?' Newfound mystery world blurs the lines
"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...
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This giant planet formed in a strange way, scientists find
Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...
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From gas giants to rocky worlds: Why planets in our solar system differ
The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...
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Jupiter In High Definition Created From Hubble Space Telescope Imagery
Hubble Space Telescope imagery created an HD look at the gas giant planet Jupiter. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...
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Strange multi-planet system proves not all hot Jupiter exoplanets are lonely giants
The outer icy giant planet with five times the mass ... and University of Zurich astronomer Ravit Helled told Space.com. Hot Jupiters are gas giants with masses often many times that of the ...
Surprising signatures in WASP-121b's dynamic atmosphere challenge understanding of how 'roasting marshmallows' form
Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system developed with gas giants far from our sun, some planetary systems consist of ...
Supercomputer simulations of giant radio galaxy formation challenge current theoretical models
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...
The secret recipe of black holes: Study finds they can 'cook' their own meals in space
Supermassive black holes are seen as sources of wanton cosmic destruction, but there may be more to their powerful influence ...
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This hot Jupiter probably formed close to its star
The current exoplanet census contains 5,832 confirmed candidates, with more than 7,500 still awaiting confirmation. Of those that have been confirmed, most have been gas giants ranging from ...
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Massive No Man's Sky update adds new solar systems, revamped tech, deeper sea exploration, and gas giants "ten times bigger than our biggest planet"
Developer Hello Games announced today the space exploration game's Worlds Part II update ... better deep sea exploration, and new Gas Giants that are "ten times bigger" than the game's biggest planets ...