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planetary evolution

Illustration of Jupiter’s magnetosphere and innermost planets
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Two Moons and a Magnetosphere

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 21 April 202018 October 2022

Decades of research have illuminated how Io and Europa shape—and are shaped by—Jupiter’s giant magnetosphere.

two-color composite image of 2I/2019 Borisov
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Interstellar Interloper Borisov Looks Like a Regular Comet, for Now

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 4 October 201927 March 2023

A first look at the chemical composition of the interstellar comet Borisov reveals ingredients that look a lot like those found in solar system comets. That’s not likely to last very long.

Composite satellite images of Jupiter’s Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
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Jupiter’s Galilean Moons May Have Formed Slowly

Mara Johnson-Groh, Science Writer by Mara Johnson-Groh 30 September 201922 July 2024

A new model is the first to simultaneously explain many of the moons’ characteristics, including their mass, orbits, and icy composition

A red-orange star with dark circles in front
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Hunting for Planets Around Old, Anemic Stars

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 August 20193 April 2023

Can a star make planets with 10% of what the Sun had to work with? A synergy between two powerhouse survey telescopes is helping astronomers find that answer.

A rocky planet near a red star with two stars in the background
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Nearest Star System May Have a Second Planet

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 19 August 20193 April 2023

The exoplanet candidate, tentatively named Proxima c, would be a frozen snowball.

Illustration of oblong planet in front of bright star
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Ultrahot Exoplanet Bleeds Heavy Metals into Space

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 5 August 201931 October 2022

The planet is also shaped like a football (the American kind).

Images of blue circles around the yellowballs
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The “Yellowball” Catalog and the Citizen Science That Helped Define It

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 26 July 20195 January 2023

The online community of the Milky Way Project citizen scientists helped scientists identify compact star-forming regions now known as yellowballs.

Satellite image of a moon and rings of Saturn
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The Cassini Mission May Be Over, but New Discoveries Abound

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 17 July 201917 February 2023

New analysis of high-resolution images shows ring textures and disruptions within Saturn’s rings in unprecedented detail.

The Gemini South telescope at night, with the starry Milky Way in the background
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Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs Form in Different Ways

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 11 July 201915 June 2022

Once thought to be part of the same population, planets larger than Jupiter and “failed stars” likely grow via different mechanisms, the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey has shown.

Close-up, black-and-white satellite image of the lunar landscape
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The Quaking, Shrinking Moon

Rachel Crowell, Science Writer by Rachel Crowell 30 May 201915 November 2022

New evidence suggests that the Moon may still be tectonically active.

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