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World 9, our planetary system’s strange missing world, might be an ancient great void orbiting the sun, a brand-new paper recommends

World 9, our planetary system’s strange missing world, might be an...

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At the edge of our solar system, some unknown object is manipulating the paths of chunks of ice as they circle the sun. These objects' oval-shaped orbits all point in the same direction and tilt the same way, suggesting that an unseen force is herding them. At first, scientists thought the culprit was a mysterious…
The ‘lungs of the world’ are burning at a record rate. If excessive of the Amazon vanishes, that ‘dieback’ might turn the land into a savannah.

The ‘lungs of the world’ are burning at a record rate....

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As thousands of fiery infernos rage across the Amazon rainforest, tropical vegetation, trees, and the fauna they house are being razed. Since August 15, more than 9,500 new forest fires have started across Brazil, primarily in the Amazon basin. This year so far, scientists have recorded more than 74,000 fires in Brazil. That's nearly double…
Jupiter got struck by a world 10 times the mass of Earth billions of years back, and its core is still reeling, a brand-new research study recommends

Jupiter got struck by a world 10 times the mass of...

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When Jupiter was young, about 4.5 billion years ago, a protoplanet with 10 times the mass of Earth crashed head-on into its surface. The impact shook Jupiter to its core — literally. That's the finding of a new study from astronomers at Rice University and China's Sun Yat-sen University, which was published last week in…
World hunters find substantial super-Jupiter by viewing close-by star wobble

World hunters find substantial super-Jupiter by viewing close-by star wobble

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Beta Pictoris b isn't so lonely anymore. ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger For the last decade, astronomers on Earth have thought of Beta Pictoris b as a lonely exoplanet orbiting within a huge, dusty disk around the star Beta Pictoris. The planet, a super-Jupiter about 13 times as massive as our Jupiter, was the only known planet…
Planet hunters discovered a large Jupiter carving a path round a younger star

Planet hunters discovered a large Jupiter carving a path round a...

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The detection method pioneered by the team was first used to detect planets around the young star, HD 163296. ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Dagnello Hiding in the constellation Chamaeleon, around 603 light-years away, a well-known young star dubbed HD 97048 is surrounded by a huge disk of gas and dust, forming giant rings and gaps around the…
Alien World Two Times the Size of Earth May Have The Ability To Assistance Life

Alien World Two Times the Size of Earth May Have The...

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Astronomers have found a nearby "super-Earth" exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life as we know it. An international group of astronomers discovered the planet using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) earlier this year in the constellation Hydra, about 31 light-years from Earth, according to a statement by NASA. (One light-year is the…
Planet hunters simply noticed a brand new super-Earth that might assist life

Planet hunters simply noticed a brand new super-Earth that might assist...

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An illustration of GJ 357 d, a newly-discovered planet that may harbor life. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith NASA's exoplanet-hunting telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has made a number of monumental discoveries, spotting new worlds at an impressive rate. And with the first TESS science conference taking place at MIT this week,…
The ‘lungs of the world’ remain in threat of reaching a tipping point that might turn the Amazon rain forest into a savannah

The ‘lungs of the world’ remain in threat of reaching a...

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In the month of July, the Amazon has lost 519 square miles (1,345 square kilometers) of rainforest. That's an area more than twice the size of Tokyo. It's a record for the most deforestation in the Amazon in a single month, The Guardian reported. Data from Brazilian satellites indicates that about three football fields' worth…
NASA planet hunter spots intriguing trio round close by star

NASA planet hunter spots intriguing trio round close by star

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TESS before launch. NASA NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) just scored another science triumph with the discovery of three fascinating planets hanging out at a nearby star. One is a super-Earth, slightly bigger than our own planet. The other two are Neptune-like exoplanets, the likes of which you won't find in our own solar…
An intriguing planet with three suns found

An intriguing planet with three suns found

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This artist's impression shows a planet in a three-star system similar to LTT 1445Ab.  ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser A not-too-distant planet where three suns dance across the sky could be a key in our search for life on worlds beyond Earth. The planet is has the very uncharismatic name LTT 1445Ab, but thanks to observations from…

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