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Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired exoplanet-hunter finds
Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...
Eccentricities of orbits point to significantly different upbringings for small and large planets
The shape of a planet's orbit is one of its fundamental properties, along with its size and distance from its host star. Earth has a nearly circular orbit, but some planets outside our solar system, ...
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Has NASA's Kepler discovered any exoplanets that may harbour life?
The Kepler space telescope has helped us discover many potentially habitable exoplanets that may harbour life. How does it find them? How do we know these exoplanets are habitable? Could there really ...
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World's largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a 'time-lapse record of the universe' (video)
The car-sized Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Camera that was recently installed on the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is ...
Kepler, Centauri, TRAPPIST-1e, and more: Check out 7 of the most fascinating exoplanets discovered by humans
NASA has confirmed over 5,000 exoplanets, ranging from scorching gas giants to icy water worlds, some with the potential to ...
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Planets seem to have hidden patterns in their solar orbits, according to a new study
Planets change orbit shape around Neptune’s size. Metal-rich stars help giant planets form. Eccentric orbits suggest chaotic planet formation.
Unveiling the cosmic choreography that shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes
A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system ...
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World's largest digital camera to help new Vera Rubin Observatory make a 'time-lapse record of the universe' (video)
The telescope is funded by the U.S. National Science ... This was unusual because, according to Newtonian physics and Kepler's laws of planetary motion, objects farther from the center of a ...
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Combination of cosmic processes shapes the size and location of sub-Neptunes
A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new study.