(CNN) An array of planets with similarities to some in our solar system have been found around a nearby star by astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile.
I was the sun and the kids were my planets - The Boston Globe
I wrote this column 15 summers ago when my friend's twin girls were going off to college. Every August when this column runs, a new set of readers responds. Times change, circumstances change, the whole world changes. But feelings do not.
I wasn't wrong about their leaving. My husband kept telling me I was. That it wasn't the end of the world when first one child, then another, and then the last packed their bags and left for college.
Animation: Visualizing the Gravitational Pull of the Planets
Gravity is one the basic forces in the universe. Every object out there exerts a gravitational influence on every other object, but to what degree?
The gravity of the sun keeps all the planets in orbit in our solar system. However, each planet, moon and asteroid have their own gravitational pull defined by their density, size, mass, and proximity to other celestial bodies.
Astronomers Spot New Planetary System With 'Hidden' Exoplanets; Demonstrate Technical
The planets that are beyond the bounds of our solar system are known as exoplanets. The universe is vast, and so far, experts have found thousands of them out there in the cosmic world.
Towards this, astronomers recently discovered a new star system that hosts at least five unique worlds, with some showing similarities to the planets in our solar system. This newly found planetary star system is L 98-59, and is located about 35 light-years away from Earth.
Canadian-made space telescope to search for distant planets, explore ‘origins of
The Canadian Space Agency has granted $1.1 million to a research team led by a Quebec astrophysicist to develop a new space telescope.
A team of Canadian researchers, from Bishop’s and Western universities, is in the process of designing a small — and relatively inexpensive — telescope: one that can detect distant stars and their extrasolar planets, or exoplanets .
What Starfield Needs to Ensure Its Planets Stand Out | Game Rant
Starfield will be an open-world game set across multiple planets. This has raised questions among Bethesda fans. The studio has yet to reveal how spaceflight will work, and neither the number or size of the new IP's worlds.
Only a few details about Starfield 's in-game world have been revealed so far. Marketing materials heavily imply that the game will take place across multiple solar systems, if not galaxies.
Monte Vista Journal | Meteor Showers and Planets
Brilliant Venus dominates the western sky this month. At 45 minutes after sunset, it will be 8 degrees high, so if there are high mountains in your sky, you may not be able to see it. But it's very bright. So, look for it in the west to see if you can find it.
In the southeast Jupiter and Saturn rise after sunset now. Saturn rises in the SE as the Sun sets. Jupiter rises an hour after Saturn and will be a little to the left of Saturn.
Ocean Worlds in the Trappist-1 System | Daily Planet | Air & Space Magazine
An international scientific team led by Patrick Barth from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland evaluated the planetary evolution of three planets in the Trappist-1 system, a family of exoplanets just 40 light years away from Earth.
The scientists realized that interactions between the planets’ early magma oceans and their atmospheres were critical for understanding how much water might exist today on these worlds, which initially are estimated to have had between 1 and 100 Earth oceans’ worth of water.
Bad Astronomy | Red giants cook their planets, but then may dump so much matter on them they
A lot of stars are what we call variable, meaning they change their brightness over time.
Almost all the reasons stars do this are understood, at least at some level. Some pulsate, getting physically bigger and smaller over time, which changes their brightness. Others have a hot spot on their surface and when that rotates into view the star gets brighter.
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