Hat-P-7b – A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
The hunt for distant planets in orbit around alien stars beyond our own Sun has yielded an overwhelming treasure chest filled with Wonderland worlds–some exotic,[…]
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Tag: exoplanets
Observing The Atmosphere Of A Diamond In The Sky
Super-Earths are fascinating exoplanet “oddballs” that are unlike anything in our own Solar System. Smaller than the quartet of outer, giant, gaseous worlds in orbit[…]
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The Sinister Story Of Our Sun’s Evil Twin
Dwelling in our Milky Way Galaxy, about 300 light-years away, there is a small star named HIP68468. This little star is so much like our[…]
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Lava Flows On This Oddball World
Many planet-hunting astronomers think that super-Earths are the most common type of exoplanet in our Milky Way Galaxy. Belonging to the strange and often exotic[…]
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Lost, Lonely Jupiter-Like World Without A Home
Silent and cold, the strange and eerie space between stars is a bewildering, bewitching, and mysterious place where orphaned planets wander without a stellar parent[…]
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The Mysterious Dance Of Four Distant Worlds
The first discoveries of alien planets, orbiting distant stars beyond our own Sun, proved to be shocking–strange wonderland worlds that astronomers originally believed could not[…]
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