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A recent study proposes the galaxy is crowded with nomad planets adrift in space. If this is the case, nomad planets may play a dynamic role in the universe.
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Data from spacecraft solidify asteroid's place in planetary evolution.
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This image may look like a splatter of abstract digital artwork, but it's actually a map of the far side of the moon.
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Pulling together decades of data from the Voyager, Galileo, Cassini, and New Horizon probes, as well as the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists at the US Geological Survey have put together a complete geological map of Io, the beautiful, mysterious Jovian moon. Io is the most volcanically active object in the solar system, and its surface reflects that: unlike everything else around, it has no craters, a sign that its surface is constantly being remade. That’s thanks to volcanoes that shoot out more than 100 times more lava per year than Earth’s.
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Using classical physics, the laws of thermodynamics and mechanics, Hofmeister, with assistance from Criss, presents an accretion model that assumes a three-dimensional (3-D) gas cloud. This pre-solar nebula collapses and forms the Sun and planets at essentially the same time, with the planets contracting toward the Sun.
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our galaxy may be awash in homeless planets, wandering through space instead of orbiting a star.
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Many of us remember playing pinball at the local arcade while growing up; it turns out that some stars like it as well.
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Feast your eyes on one of the most puzzling planetary mysteries our solar system has to offer.
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More than 60 moons are known to orbit Saturn, but few of them are as visually striking as Iapetus.
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Every star in the Milky Way is host to at least one planet, say astronomers reporting at the American Astronomical Society meeting.
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September 15, 2015 9:14 AM
Our solar system is not the only one with planets!
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This view from the Cassini spacecraft looks toward the south polar region of Titan's largest moon, Titan, and show a depression within the moon's orange and blue haze layers near the south pole Titan has water frozen as hard as...
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The new and highly sensitive Cosmic Origins Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a strong ultraviolet-wavelength absorber on Pluto's surface, providing new evidence that points to the possibility of complex...
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Signs of a shock wave in front of an extrasolar planet may be the result of a magnetic field. Earth's magnetic field protects the planet from charged particles, a factor that aided the emergence of life. Finding signs of magnetic fields may help scientists identify exoplanets with conditions suited for life.
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SPACE exploration may have a new direction. In the 1960s, humans did the exploring but since the last moon landing in 1972, NASA's only explorers beyond low Earth orbit have been semi-autonomous robots. Now the agency is pondering a third approach, sending astronauts who would remain in orbit around alien worlds and explore via robotic rovers.
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Researchers say life-bearing planets may exist in vast numbers in the space between stars in the Milky Way. EXOPLANETS: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=exoplanets
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Do giant living planets like Mogo and Pandora have any place in reality?
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On 1994 July 16-22, over twenty fragments of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (image below) collided with the planet Jupiter.
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Researchers show that they can push an electron around a Rydberg atom in a controlled way using microwave fields.
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Some people reach for the stars, but the stars themselves seem to be reaching for the planets. Although Earth and its planetary neighbors were born with the sun, a new study says billions of stars in our galaxy likely grabbed planets from the depths of space. The finding may explain the puzzling presence of worlds located far from their suns and even suggests that our solar system could harbor a planet that lurks unseen well beyond Pluto.
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The Kepler space telescope has found 11 multi-planet solar systems - leading astronomers to say that our galaxy must be full of them. The techniques used will help Nasa speed up its search. Via José Gonçalves
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October 15, 2014 9:19 PM
The Kepler space telescope is allowing us to see even deeper into space!
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Members of the public are being asked to become online stargazers and join the hunt for nearby planets that could support life.
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Lets take a look at some of the highest points around our Solar System. Please note that we base our mountains on Earth as the distance above sea level when judging height. Most approximate measurements for planets/moons other than Earth are used using the average height of land on the planet/moon as a whole.
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The discovery of a small, fast-spinning star known as a pulsar has led to astronomers to detect a companion planet, likely made of diamond. Technology & Science - CBC News
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, may be causing its own core to liquefy, at least according to Hugh Wilson and colleague Burkhard Militzer of UC, Berkeley.
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