A good reason to wake up at dawn
Summer is a good time to relax, sleep late, enjoy a break from school or work. Waking before sunrise is just not done.
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Astrophysicist suggests planetary misalignment due to multiple star impact
(Phys.org)—Astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin has published a paper in the journal Nature arguing that the reason some planets lie in a tilt off the equatorial plane of their sun is because of the prior existence of another ...
New clues about how hot Jupiters form
Since the first hot Jupiter was discovered in 1995, astronomers have been trying to figure out how the searing-hot exoplanets formed and arrived in their extreme orbits. Johns Hopkins University astronomers have found a way ...
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Jun 9, 2022
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Jupiter's complex transient auroras
Combined observations from three spacecraft show that Jupiter's brightest auroral features recorded to date are powered by both the volcanic moon Io and interaction with the solar wind.
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May 25, 2017
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Astronomers discover a near-grazing transiting 'hot Jupiter'
An international group of astronomers has detected a new "hot Jupiter" exoplanet making a near-grazing transit of its host star. The newly found alien world, designated WASP-174b, is most likely similar in size and mass to ...
Planets similar to Neptune and Jupiter observed circling a sun-like star
A small international team of space scientists has discovered a pair of planets that bear a striking resemblance to Neptune and Jupiter circling a star similar in nature to our sun. The group has published their findings ...
Voyager Celebrates 20-Year-Old Valentine to Solar System
(PhysOrg.com) -- Twenty years ago on February 14, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft had sailed beyond the outermost planet in our solar system and turned its camera inward to snap a series of final images that would be its parting ...
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2010
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Detection of two new exoplanets with Kepler, SOPHIE and HARPS-N
An international team of astronomers, including Alexandre Santerne of the EXOEarths team at CAUP, identified and characterized two new exoplanets, thanks to combined observations from the Kepler space telescope, plus SOPHIE ...
Astronomy
Apr 30, 2013
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Ccatalina Sky Survey discovers possible extinct comet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The extraterrestrial rock is tumbling through space alongside thousands of similar objects in our solar system's main asteroid belt, roughly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2010
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Simulation suggests warm Jupiter exoplanets can be pushed closer to their star by another planet
(Phys.org) —A pair of astronomers with the University of California has demonstrated via computer simulation that the reason some hot or warm Jupiter exoplanets orbit their star so closely is because they are pulled there ...
