A young star is lashing its orbiting exoplanet with so much fury that it’s sporadically ripping away vast amounts of atmosphere. The exoplanet is AU Microscopii b (or AU Mic b), and it’s orbiting...
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Asteroid Ryugu Was Once a Planet Forming in The Outer Reaches of Our Solar System : ScienceAlert
Ancient grains of dust are revealing the life story of a Solar System asteroid. According to an analysis of grains collected from asteroid Ryugu, at least part of the carbon-rich rock started its life...
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A Giant Planet Seems to Be Lurking Unseen 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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Oxford Scientists Confirm Vegan Diet Is Massively Better For Planet : ScienceAlert
We know that meat has a substantial impact on the planet, and that plant-based diets are more environmentally sustainable. But exactly how much impact does the food we eat have on environmental outcomes and...
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Massive, Cloud-Like Planet Discovered That’s as Fluffy as Cotton Candy : ScienceAlert
The galaxy can throw some odd curveballs, but an exoplanet discovered 1,232 light-years away is one of the oddest yet. It’s WASP-193b, and while it’s nearly 50 percent bigger than Jupiter, it’s so light...
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Bizarre Shiny Planet That ‘Shouldn’t Exist’ Gleams Like a Mirror in Space : ScienceAlert
The shiniest exoplanet ever found in our galaxy has clouds made of glass and titanium. It’s called LTT-9779b, located some 263 light-years away, and it’s so shiny that it’s almost a mirror, reflecting a...
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We May Have Just Found a ‘Cannibal’ Planet That Devoured a Smaller World : ScienceAlert
A gas giant exoplanet 634 light-years away has a quirk in its atmosphere that suggests it may have swallowed a smaller world. It’s WASP-76b, and it’s already famous for being one of the hottest...
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Recent Gullies on Mars Suggest Water Could Flow on The Planet Again in The Future : ScienceAlert
Ravine-like channels on Mars are something of a puzzle. They look like the gullies in Antarctica caused by melting glaciers, but the elevated locations of many of the features aren’t places we’d expect to...
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Life After Death? Scientists Discover a Planet That Shouldn’t Exist : ScienceAlert
The search for planets outside our Solar System – exoplanets – is one of the most rapidly growing fields in astronomy. Over the past few decades, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been detected and...
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Gigantic Tails of Helium Spotted Leaking From Faraway Planet : ScienceAlert
If a planet has an atmosphere, it’s probably leaking, some faster than others. And astronomers have just found a hum-dinger: an atmosphere so leaky it’s spurting out in giant jets. The exoplanet responsible for...
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