A Spacecraft Could Travel Toward the Sun in Order to Watch a Comet Form
There are countless little pieces of ice and rock hidden deep within the solar system, between Jupiter and Neptune. One of them will occasionally slam…
Astronomy
Researchers Have Discovered Evidence of a Gap Between the Inner and Outer Regions of the Early Solar System
A “protoplanetary disk” of gas and dust that made up the early solar system spun around the sun before finally forming the planets we see…
A Possible Source of Charon’s Red Cap has been identified by Scientists
Charon, Pluto’s largest moon, has a red region over its north pole. We may finally have an explanation seven years after its discovery. When the…
Neptune is Cooler than We Thought: A Study Reveals Unexpected Fluctuations in Atmospheric Temperatures
Researchers at the University of Leicester have just discovered how the temperature of Neptune’s atmosphere has unpredictably changed over the previous two decades. In order…
Sulfur Residue on Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa has been Mapped
Europa, Jupiter’s moon, is one of the most fascinating planetary bodies in our solar system because it is one of the few places where we…
The Gaia Space Telescope is Revolutionizing Asteroid Science
The European Gaia space mission has generated an unprecedented amount of new, improved, and detailed data for nearly two billion objects in the Milky Way…
How Fast Is the Universe Expanding Hubble Reveals Most Precise Measurement Yet?
Thirty years of Hubble Space Telescope galaxy scans have yielded one of the most precise estimations of the Universe’s expansion rate – and also shown…
Gliese 676 – a wide Binary System of Red Dwarfs
Gliese 676 is a binary system of red dwarfs with an estimated minimum separation of 800 AU and an orbital period of more than 20,000…
Gliese 536 b – a Neptune-like Exoplanet
Gliese 536 b is an exoplanet similar to Neptune that orbits an M-type star. It is a nearby Super-Earth sized exoplanet that orbits the circumstellar…
Observing the Demise of a rare Giant Star
Hypergiant stars, which are extreme supergiant stars, are extremely rare, with only a few known to exist in the Milky Way. Astronomers obtained the first…
Struve 2398 B – a Multiple Star System
Struve 2398 B is a Multiple Star System. It is not part of the Draco constellation outline, but it is within its borders. Based on…
How Elliptical Craters can Reveal the Ages of Saturn’s Moons
Saturn’s numerous moons are thought to have formed at the same time as the Solar System, at least 4 billion years ago. A new model,…
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