Medicine & TechnologyWhen astronomers headed off to look for planets around other stars also known as exoplanets, they knew it wouldn't be easy. However, because of "tiny wobbles and faint twinkles," these space scientists found almost 5,000 new worlds.
Earth-like planets are discovered near their parent or host stars, with searing temperatures; but they are also discovered far from their stars, more than 10 times further away than Jupiter is from our Sun.
The Sunspot AR29 eruption, generating a powerful M5.5-class solar flare, which has been recorded by the Solar Dynamics Observatory of NASA in an extreme ultraviolet flash, has recently been reported.
Three new worlds have been identified by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), one somewhat larger than Earth and two of a sort not seen in our solar system.
A team of scientists wants IAU to reinstate Pluto as a planet and classify moons in the solar system as planets as well using an old definition from the 16th century. How does the IAU respond to this call?
A night sky event, specifically an alignment of planets, a crescent moon, and asteroids, is happening this month, and according to astronomers, the best time to watch it is tonight.
JAXA planetary scientist Dr. James O'Donoghue makes animations of planets during his free time. One of his works is an animation of how fast each planet in the Solar System spins and it has been viewed almost over 1.6 million times.
A recent paper published suggests that computer simulations hinted at a planet in the trans-Neptunian space as big as Mars. If proven, this could mean that the rumored Planet 9 is not alone.