A fragment of a planet that has survived the death of its star has been discovered by astronomers in a disc of debris formed from destroyed planets, which the star …read more Source:: Science
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Icy giant planets in the laboratory
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•Giant planets like Neptune may contain much less free hydrogen than previously assumed. Researchers drove shock waves through two different types of plastic to reach the same temperatures and pressures …read more Source:: Science
The case of the over-tilting exoplanets
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•For almost a decade, astronomers have tried to explain why so many pairs of planets outside our solar system have an odd configuration — their orbits seem to have been …read more Source:: Science
New NASA mission could find more than 1,000 planets
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•A NASA telescope that will give humans the largest, deepest, clearest picture of the universe since the Hubble Space Telescope could find as many as 1,400 new planets outside Earth’s …read more Source:: Science
Baby star’s fiery tantrum could create the building blocks of planets
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•A massive stellar flare on a baby star has been spotted by astronomers, shedding light on the origins of potentially habitable exoplanets. …read more Source:: Science
Where did the hot Neptunes go? A shrinking planet holds the answer
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•‘Where did the hot Neptunes go?’ This is the question astronomers have been asking for a long time, faced with the mysterious absence of planets the size of Neptune. Researchers …read more Source:: Science
Unknown treasure trove of planets found hiding in dust
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•The first unbiased survey of protoplanetary disks surrounding young stars in the Taurus star-forming region turned up a higher-than-expected number of disks with features suggesting nascent planets, according to a …read more Source:: Science
Superflares from young red dwarf stars imperil planets
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•Flares from the youngest red dwarfs surveyed are 100 to 1,000 times more energetic than when the stars are older. This younger age is when terrestrial planets are forming around …read more Source:: Science
Ultrahot planets have starlike atmospheres
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•An unusual kind of star-planet hybrid atmosphere is emerging from studies of ultrahot planets orbiting close to other stars. …read more Source:: Science
Exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth
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•Scientists have identified a group of planets outside our solar system where the same chemical conditions that may have led to life on Earth exist. …read more Source:: Science