So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't been for lack of trying. According to a new paper by Thomas Winterhalder of ...
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Beyond Neptune: The frozen worlds, lost planets, and the search for a hidden ninth giant
Far beyond Neptune lies a vast and unsettling frontier filled with dwarf planets, ancient ice worlds, collapsing atmospheres, ...
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Wobbling exoplanet hints at a hidden exomoon so massive it could redefine the word 'moon' altogether
"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring ...
Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
Far from the Sun’s heat, orbiting the outer planets of the solar system, are moons with oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces. Keith Cooper finds out how planetary scientists are ...
Saturn reigns supreme when it comes to the number of moons orbiting any solar system planet. Including the 128 ...
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...
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