NASA Spots a Star and Planet Racing at 1.2 Million MPH – A Record-Breaking Discovery
A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using microlensing, astronomers spotted the pair moving at over 1.2 million mph.
The Middle East’s first ‘Dark Sky’ destination is betting big on astrotourism
From road-tripping adventurers to luxury resort goers, more travelers are seeking the stars than ever before. Saudi Arabia is ...
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The Spike Nebula: How an educated artistic guess was fulfilled
It turns out that one of the most prominent space artists predicted how a strange celestial object would look — 50 years in ...
This distant exoplanet has an atmosphere ‘like something out of science fiction’
Researchers have peered into the atmosphere of planet WASP-121b and found its climate is stranger than anyone imagined.
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NASA astronomers find the fastest exoplanet system at 1.2 million miles per hour
NASA scientists have detected a star and trailing exoplanet that may be sailing through the Milky Way with unprecedented ...
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Where Are the Universe’s Missing Planets?
Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...
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Time-Lapse Of Four Large Exoplanets Orbit A Star In 12-Years
W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of star system HR 8799 have been time-lapsed. The system hosts four planets that are more massive than Jupiter.
A Neptune-Like Exoplanet Is Racing Through Space at Record Speed
A Neptune-sized exoplanet has been detected moving at a record-breaking 1.2M mph, led by a hypervelocity star.
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NASA May Have Found The Fastest Planetary System We've Ever Seen
In the Milky Way's central bulge, about 24,000 light-years from Earth, a peculiar pair of objects appears to be hurtling ...