Astronomers have mapped the weather on a planet hundreds of light years away, and found that it always has clear skies on the side facing its sun. This distant exoplanet, named WASP-43 b, is a hot ...
The small Jupiter -sized star is called "SPECULOOS-3," named after the Search for Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars research ...
Backyard skygazers, get ready for a planetary parade, a celestial event where the planets line up in the sky. The next one ...
This planet is 150 percent the size of Jupiter, but is somehow 7 times less dense, and has 1 percent the density of Earth.
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Happy Earth Day 2024! Every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day. This annual event is a time to focus on the environmental issues we have across the planet and highlight the efforts being ...
Astronomers say they have uncovered an unusual planet that’s about 50% bigger than Jupiter and somehow still the second ...
One look at recent images released by the European Space Agency may cause you to wonder if spiders are on the cusp of bursting forth onto the Martian surface. But arachnophobes have nothing to ...
Elsewhere across Alphabet, Google Search and other revenue climbed 14.4% to $46.15 billion in the first fiscal quarter. YouTube revenue was up 20% year-over-year to $8.09 billion (a slight dip ...
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