Astronomers spot a planet so hostile they had a hard time believing it
When news of a newly-studied exoplanet with an atmosphere begins to make headlines it’s typically because the far-off world is potentially Earth-like, teasing the possibility …
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Astronomers discover a pitch black planet that reflects almost zero sunlight
When you imagine planets outside of our solar system you might dream up ocean worlds, thick plains of ice, or boiling seas of molten rock. …
Astronomers just discovered a ‘Hot Jupiter,’ and it’s absolutely massive
Jupiter is the undisputed big dog in our solar system. It’s so huge that even if you took all the other planets in our solar …
