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A 2,000°C Planet That Shouldn’t Exist—And It’s Teaching Us Something Big
Astronomers have identified an extreme exoplanet, LTT 9779 b, that is reshaping our understanding of planetary atmospheres.
A seven-planet alignment happens in late-February, but it could be tricky to see it
Online chatter and a frenzy of media coverage has tended to make a big deal of allegedly rare "planetary alignments" and "planet parades" gracing our night skies. The hoopla has culminated this month ...
Eccentricities of orbits point to significantly different upbringings for small and large planets
The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star.
Distorted maps have misled you: Greenland isn't as big as you think.
It's certainly not a small island: It's about three times the size of Texas. But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than ...