A city-covered planet, Coruscant is the vibrant heart and capital of the galaxy, featuring a diverse mix of citizens and culture. Photo: Lucasfilm.
The Star Wars films are known for the many iconic planets that you get to see the characters in. Of course, many people know the likes of Tatooine, Hoth, Mustafar and Coruscant.
Could we grow endangered plants on other planets? No | New Scientist
“Today, nearly 40% of the world’s plants are endangered, according to a report from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew,” we read. Sad, sad science fact .
“As the soil on Mars has double the amount of iron than soil on planet earth, leafy green vegetables and microgreens would easily thrive there,” we learn. Dandelions, too, apparently – a species far from endangered on Feedback’s small patch of terra firma.
Why gassy planets are bigger around more-massive stars : Research Highlights
Planets that form around more-massive stars can efficiently wrap themselves in a blanket of gas — making them larger than planets around less-massive stars.
More than 4,400 planets are confirmed to exist outside the Solar System. Among parent stars that have a mass lower than that of the Sun, comparably more-massive stars tend to host larger planets than do lower-mass stars. Astronomers have puzzled over why this might be.
15 years ago, Pluto became a dwarf planet. Does that move still make sense?| Science News
For 76 years, Pluto was the beloved ninth planet. No one cared that it was the runt of the solar system, with a moon, Charon, half its size. No one minded that it had a tilted, eccentric orbit. Pluto was a weirdo, but it was our weirdo.
"Children identify with its smallness," wrote science writer Dava Sobel in her 2005 book The Planets . "Adults relate to its inadequacy, its marginal existence as a misfit."
Exoplanet-Hunting Satellite CHEOPS Unexpectedly Detects a Strange Planet "Without a Known
This artist’s impression shows the Nu2 Lupi planetary system, which was recently explored by ESA’s exoplanet observer CHEOPS. Credit: © ESA
The discovery is one of the first results of CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) and the first time that an exoplanet has been seen with a period longer than 100 days transiting a star that is sufficiently bright to be seen with the naked eye.
Fall planets | News | myeasternshoremd.com
The early evening of Sept. 9, looking west 30 minutes after sunset, will reveal the thin crescent moon just above the brilliant planet Venus.
Skywatchers will need an unobstructed view to the west, and may need binoculars to see this dazzling pair in evening twilight.
40 Years On, Remembering Voyager's Legacy at Saturn – NASA Solar System Exploration
Up-close views from the Voyagers, like this one from Voyager 2, showed Saturn and its rings as never before . Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Saturn, with its alluring rings and numerous moons, has long fascinated stargazers and scientists. After an initial flyby of Pioneer 11 in 1979, humanity got a second, much closer look at this complex planetary system in the early 1980s through the eyes of NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft.
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