Astronomers have just found a cosmic cannonball. Around a star some 730 light-years away orbits an exoplanet the size of Jupiter, but with a density that boggles the mind. Astronomers have determined that the...
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This Adaptation Allowed Dinosaurs to Not Only Survive But to Dominate The Planet : ScienceAlert
It’s sometimes difficult to imagine how the planet we call home, with its megalopolis cities and serene farmlands, was once dominated by dinosaurs as big as buses and five-story buildings. But recent research has...
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Oceans May Have Once Graced Venus Before It Became a Hell Planet : ScienceAlert
Venus may be one of the brightest and most beautiful objects in our night sky, but don’t be fooled. Our neighboring planet is deeply inhospitable to life as we know it – a toxic,...
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This Mysterious Planet Could Be Transforming Into a Water World : ScienceAlert
A mysterious exoplanet just 138 light-years from Earth could be in the process of transforming. An analysis of an exoplanet named HD-207496b reveals that the world, clocking in at 6.1 and 2.25 times the...
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Mysterious ‘Vulcan’ Planet Might Only Exist in Our Dreams After All : ScienceAlert
A purported exoplanet orbiting a star in the constellation of Eridanus associated with Star Trek‘s fictional Vulcan homeworld may have just been a figment in the star’s spectrum – a spectral specter. Analysis of...
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This Planet Is Way Too Big to Be Orbiting This Teeny Tiny Star : ScienceAlert
There are a lot of weird and wonderful planets outside the Solar System, but a newly discovered world is a real space oddity. Exoplanet TOI-5205b is a gas giant about the same size and...
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A Giant Planet Seems to Be Lurking Somewhere in Our Solar System : ScienceAlert
Our Solar System is a pretty busy place. There are millions of objects moving around – everything from planets, to moons, to comets, and asteroids. And each year we’re discovering more and more objects...
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Our Planet Appears to Immediately Contaminate Meteorites Upon Arrival : ScienceAlert
A space rock recovered within just a few short hours of entering Earth’s atmosphere has revealed there may not be such a thing as a “pristine” meteorite. The Winchcombe meteorite fell to Earth in...
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What if The Hypothetical Planet Nine Has Moons? : ScienceAlert
In recent years, evidence suggests that there might be something lurking on the outskirts of the Solar System – something large, and possibly very dark. That large, dark thing has been named Planet Nine,...
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Scientists Find Dwarf Planet With an ‘Impossible’ Ring, And They’re Unsure How It Exists : ScienceAlert
Rings in the Solar System are not exactly rare. Half the planets have them, and others may have in the past. Some asteroids have rings, as does the dwarf planet Haumea. Even the Sun...
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