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HIP 67522 b, a Jupiter-sized planet, orbits its star in just 7 days. Its closeness disturbs the star’s magnetic field, triggering stellar flares that scorch the planet’s atmosphere ...
One of those investigations involved a distinctive deep dive into studying the interior of the moon.
Priscilla Diane Chapman Frisch, a University of Chicago Research Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a world-leading ...
Earlier research had found that the rings of Saturn respond to vibrations within the planet. Saturn's interior vibrates at frequencies that cause slight variations in its gravitational field, and the ...
A groundbreaking new survey from China’s LHAASO observatory has unveiled powerful ultrahigh-energy gamma-ray emissions across ...
Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...
Astronomers using the European Space Agency's Cheops mission have caught an exoplanet that seems to be triggering flares of ...
The clingy planet orbits so close to its star, it triggers powerful explosions of radiation that eat away at its atmosphere.
Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.
The Aurora Borealis stunned the nation last year, with dazzling light displays being visible as far south as Dorset, Essex, Cambridgeshire ...
An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...
Did you know Earth's magnetic field is on the move? Recent studies reveal it's shifting at an astonishing rate—10 times ...