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NASA’s Webb finds cold giant planet caught in cosmic tug of war: Here’s why it intrigues scientists
NASAs James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a direct image of a frigid exoplanet—14 Herculis c—some 58 light-years ...
James Webb telescope discovers 'a new kind of climate' on Pluto, unlike anything else in our solar system
New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...
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Gaia Has Observed Over 150K Asteroids In Our Solar System
Protesters in San Francisco gathered Saturday morning at Ocean Beach to create a human banner spelling out “No Kings” on June ...
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Webb Telescope reveals a chaotic, cold, and strange exoplanet
Webb telescope captured a rare image of 14 Herculis c, one of the coldest exoplanets ever observed, revealing new insights ...
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JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'
The exoplanet — named 14 Herculis c, or 14 Her c for short — orbits a sunlike star about 60 light-years from Earth in the ...
Spacecraft unveils 1st-ever images of sun's south pole: 'Beginning of a new era'
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...
Webb telescope spots infant planets in different stages of development
The James Webb Space Telescope has observed two large planets at different stages of infancy - one with an atmosphere ...
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These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...
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Behold the First Images of the Sun’s South Pole
We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So ...
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Why Earth’s Orbit Around The Sun Isn’t What You Think
As a result, the Earth is not currently orbiting a point inside the Sun, as the barycenter is outside of it. We are orbiting ...
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Jupiter designed the solar system. Here's what the planet was like as a child.
Many scientists refer to Jupiter as the "architect" of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other planets and carved up the cloud from which they all emerged.
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What Swapping the Orbits of These Planets Would Do to the Solar System
The curious minds at What If investigate the cosmic chaos caused by swapping the orbits of certain planets in our solar system. Mexican tall ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, snapping masts and ...