Search for alien life extends to Jupiter's icy moons
Could vast, long-hidden oceans be teeming with alien life in our very own Solar System?
Planetary Sciences
Apr 12, 2023
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News tagged with gas giant
Small stars may host bigger planets than previously thought
Stars with less than half the mass of our sun are able to host giant Jupiter-style planets, in conflict with the most widely accepted theory of how such planets form, according to a new study led by UCL (University College ...
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2023
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The planet that could end life on Earth: Experiment demonstrates solar system's fragility
A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet, according to a UC Riverside experiment.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 7, 2023
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Tumultuous migration on the edge of the hot Neptune desert
All kinds of exoplanets orbit very close to their star. Some look like the Earth, others like Jupiter. Very few, however, are similar to Neptune. Why this anomaly in the distribution of exoplanets? Researchers from the University ...
Planetary Sciences
Jan 18, 2023
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From dust to planet: How gas giants form
Gas giants are made of a massive solid core surrounded by an even larger mass of helium and hydrogen. But even though these planets are quite common in the Universe, scientists still don't fully understand how they form. ...
Astronomy
Jan 12, 2022
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Astronomers discover more than 300 possible new exoplanets
UCLA astronomers have identified 366 new exoplanets, thanks in large part to an algorithm developed by a UCLA postdoctoral scholar. Among their most noteworthy findings is a planetary system that comprises a star and at least ...
Astronomy
Nov 23, 2021
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Simulations suggest an Earth or Mars size planet may be lurking out beyond Neptune
A team of space scientists has published a paper in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics suggesting that there may be an Earth- or Mars-sized planet orbiting beyond Neptune. They further suggest that simulations of ...
Hubble sees changing seasons on Saturn
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a view of changes in Saturn's vast and turbulent atmosphere as the planet's northern hemisphere summer transitions to fall as shown in this series of images taken in 2018, ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 18, 2021
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High pressure causes hydrogen variants to collapse
Hydrogen exists as a gaseous compound of two hydrogen atoms (H2). Under normal laboratory conditions, H2 occurs in the variants "ortho hydrogen" and "para hydrogen." Until now, it has been unclear how these variants behave ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 21, 2020
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The cosmic commute towards star and planet formation
The molecular gas in galaxies is organized into a hierarchy of structures. The molecular material in giant molecular gas clouds travels along intricate networks of filamentary gas lanes towards the congested centers of gas ...
Astronomy
Jul 7, 2020
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