Esky man brings the planets down to Earth
The Bay Sages heard from the Delta Astronomical Society (DAS) during its monthly meeting on Thursday. DAS Newsletter Editor ...
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Astronomers find rare pair of stars set to explode near our solar system
Scientists have found the heaviest known pair of dead stars in our galaxy — a rare system they believe will one day explode ...
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Earth as a planet
Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.
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Jupiter's Magnetosphere Squashed by Solar Wind
How can the solar wind influence Jupiter’s massive magnetic field? This is what a recent study published in Geophysical ...
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How we study our planet
We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.
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Four planets to align with Moon in Qatar’s sky in April
Doha: Qatar Calendar House announced yesterday that four planets will align with the Moon in the skies over Qatar during ...
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Solar Waves Squash And Massively Heat Up Jupiter’s Magnetic Field 2-3 Times A Month
“The solar wind squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield like a giant squash ball. This created a super-hot region that spans half ...
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JWST’s Next Year of Amazing Science Revealed—As Funding Worries Loom Large
The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could ...
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Solar bursts squished Jupiter’s magnetic shield, left half of the planet scorching hot-
A solar wind event in 2017 struck Jupiter’s magnetosphere, generating an expansive hot region that covered half the planet’s ...
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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
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Four planets discovered outside Solar System share a similarity with Earth
Each of the planets, labeled b, c, d, and e, has a mass between 20% and 30% of Earth's, making them among the smallest yet detected using the radial velocity method.