Gas Giant Found Orbiting Far From Host Star
A new paper presents the discovery of a gas giant, GOT’EM-1b, that orbits very far away from its star, Kepler-1514, with an orbit of 218 days.
Sub-Neptune Planets May Shrink to Super-Earth Size
Astronomers find that sub-Neptune planets may shrink into super-Earth planets after losing their atmospheres to intense light from their host stars.
Rocky Planet Orbiting Iron-Poor, Ancient Milky Way Star
Researchers using data collected with NASA’s TESS spacecraft and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii have found a rocky planet that orbits an extremely old star in our Milky Way that is in what we call the “thick disk”.
Remote Sensing Finds Water Loss on Ryugu
In a new paper, researchers examine why Ryugu seems to contain fewer water-bearing minerals than other asteroids we’ve studied.
Robotic Dogs May Dig Into Martian Caves
Planetary scientists are taking lessons from the agile robot dogs, cheetahs, and other critters being created by Boston Dynamics to determine if they could be used for planetary exploration.
Virtual Reality Study Shows How Humans Perceive Gravity Differently
Researchers at recently published a paper on the results of work using virtual reality to simulate the loss of gravitational orientation in humans.
Winds and Jet Streams Found on the Closest Brown Dwarf
A new paper describes changes in light from the brown dwarf Luhman 16B that were recorded over 100 rotations. The data shows that the changes are consistent with it being banded like Jupiter.
Super Flare of An Ultracool Star Detected
Located just 471 light-years away, the star SDSS J013333.08+003223.7 is a tiny cool dwarf star that in a brief moment gave off ten times the light of our Sun.
New Type of Star Found in Distant Nebula
In a new paper, researchers detail their study of nebula IRAS 00500+6713, whose central star was found by a previous team to have a stellar wind with unusually high speeds.
Hubble Releases Galaxy Merger Montage
The Hubble Space Telescope has recently worked on a survey designed to image and probe extreme environments and galaxy clusters. A collection of six of the best images were released this week.
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