IMAGE: The newly discovered TOI 451 planetary system features three planets orbiting the same sun. view more
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HANOVER, N.H. - February 12, 2021 - A newly discovered planetary system will provide researchers with the rare chance to study a group of growing planets, according to research co-led by Dartmouth.
The new system, named TOI 451, is made up of at least three neighboring planets that orbit the same sun. The planets range in size between that of Earth and Neptune.
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Rick And Morty: 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Planets They Visit
Rick And Morty is one of the most inventive science-fiction shows of the modern age. Quirky, funny and full of totally bizarre ideas, the series has continued to go from strength to strength as its fifth installment continues production , aiming to release sometime in the near future.
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One of the most overlooked elements of the show though, is the locations that Rick and Morty actually visit. The characters and the wacky scenarios usually take center stage, but the planets that these adventures are set on are really the unsung heroes of the piece. While many of the best episodes take place on Earth, there's also a great number of other planets that have been explored.
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Most water is either frozen, locked up in comets, on vast ice sheets blanketing frigid worlds or trapped in a gas, evaporated by the intense heat pumped out by stars. Liquid water is exceedingly rare, found only in certain special circumstances.
One of those certain special situations is the state that Earth has found itself in. Our home planet is not too far from the sun for its water to turn to ice, and it's not too close that it gets blasted into gas. Earth is at just the right distance from the sun to allow for liquid water to remain on its surface.
Mars Madness: Chasing the Red Planet's ancient atmosphere | Astronomy.com
Evidence of Mars' ancient atmosphere may have been left just under the surface of the planet's nearest moon. A time lapse of Phobos orbit Mars can be seen here.
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Mars' moon, Phobos, will be the target of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's upcoming Martian Moon Exploration mission.
can be vast). As Phobos is tidally locked to Mars, its nearside would have been bathed in ions for millennia, receiving some 20 to 100 times more particles than its farside.
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A new way of forming planets | EurekAlert! Science News
IMAGE: Artist's impression of the protoplanetary disk with magnetic field lines. view more
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In the last 25 years, scientists have discovered over 4000 planets beyond the borders of our solar system. From relatively small rock and water worlds to blisteringly hot gas giants, the planets display a remarkable variety. This variety is not unexpected. The sophisticated computer models, with which scientists study the formation of planets, also spawn very different planets.
Alkali Metals from Rocky Planets Found in Atmospheres of Nearby White Dwarfs | Astronomy |
Astronomers have detected lithium in the atmospheres of four cool and old white dwarfs, of which one also displayed atmospheric potassium. The relative abundances of these two alkali elements with respect to sodium and calcium strongly suggest that all four stars have accreted fragments of rocky planets similar to Earth and Mars.
Remnants of planetary crust disintegrating under the tidal forces around a cool white dwarf; material in the disk becomes vaporized close to the central star and flows onto the white dwarf atmosphere. Image credit: Mark Garlick / University of Warwick.
“Rogue planets” in the Milky Way | WGN-TV
Dear Tom,
I have recently heard about “rogue planets” wandering through the Solar System. What is the story?
Ingred Barter, Rockford
Dear Ingred,
One hundred billion, perhaps more, so called “rogue planets” may be wandering through the Milky Way (not the Solar System). Most planets (like the Earth) revolve around stars (the way Earth revolves around the sun), but many other planets wander freely through space and are not bound to a star.
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