WASP-121b, an already unusual planet, might have a remote origin that explains some of its peculiar properties—from iron rain to the unexpected presence of methane.
James Webb Space Telescope
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NASA Science Faces an “Extinction-Level Event” with Trump Draft Budget Proposal
The initial draft of President Donald Trump’s budget request proposes devastating cuts to NASA’s science research, future space missions, and field centers.
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After 30-Year Search, Scientists Finally Find an Aurora on Neptune
The planet’s elusive aurorae are much colder than expected, which is how they evaded detection for so long.
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Scientists Finally Get a Good Look at a Disintegrating Exoplanet
The James Webb Space Telescope offers astronomers a rare glimpse into the chemical composition of a rocky planet’s interior—and the results are “very surprising.”
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Telescopes Catch the Aftermath of an Energetic Planetary Collision
A planetary collision 1,800 light-years away birthed a body that has cooled in unexpected ways.
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Pluto’s Small Moons Are Unlike Any Other
The strange blend of surface chemistry on Nix and Hydra raises big question about the evolution of the Pluto system.
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Smells Like an Exoplanet
Hydrogen sulfide, spotted in the atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733 b, helps constrain how the planet formed.
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A Magma Ocean Fuels This Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
The finding is an atmospheric first for astronomers but not for the planet.
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Los planetas enanos muestran evidencias de reciente actividad geológica
Los grandes cuerpos del Cinturón de Kuiper y más allá podrían haber albergardo océanos en la subsuperficiales.
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Dwarf Planets Show Evidence of Recent Geologic Activity
Large bodies in the Kuiper Belt and beyond could have hosted subsurface oceans.