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In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...
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Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...
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A comet (or asteroid) likely caused the Tunguska Event in 1908 in Russia, and a comet fragment likely triggered the rapid ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly detected the faint glow of a planet that’s colder than any ...
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The existence of Planet Nine and its strong gravity would also explain why all these comets and tiny dwarf planets like Pluto all cluster together and move in the same direction without floating away.
Astronomers have detected a promising sign of a ninth planet lurking at the the farthest reaches of the Solar System.