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Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...
Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.
Learn about new observations that reveal an exoplanet is destroying itself by cuddling up to its host star, in an ...
GJ 504 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star GJ 504. This planet is estimated to be three to six times heavier than Jupiter.
Venus moves east as July progresses and stands 3° due north of Aldebaran on the 14th, after skirting the northern regions of ...
In a groundbreaking achievement, astronomers have captured a direct image of GJ504b, a distant exoplanet often referred to as ...
I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the ...
The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.
In short, not by much. Jupiter is massive compared to other planets—but it’s only about 0.1% the mass of the Sun. Absorbing it would cause the Sun to shine a bit brighter for a brief period ...
A fluffy, Jupiter-sized planet may be triggering deadly flares from its star, leading to the slow destruction of its own ...
Spot overlapping meteor showers this month, along with the Moon sharing the sky with some of the brightest planets.
TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...