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Astronomers detect first known ‘death wish’ planet
Long theorized but never observed, the first known “planet with a death wish” is described by Ilin and her colleagues in a ...
'A completely new phenomenon': Astronomers spot a planet causing its star to constantly explode
Astronomers have spotted an alien planet orbiting so closely to its home star, the planet's magnetic field is triggering ...
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Exoplanets that cling too tightly to their stars trigger their own doom: 'This is a completely new phenomenon'
Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme. At least, that's what astronomers found when ...
Scientific American2d
Astronomers Found the Most Self-Destructive Planet in the Sky
Stars often whip their planets with solar winds and radiation, pull them ever closer with gravity and sear them with heat.
Strong magnetic fields flip angular momentum dynamics in magnetovortical matter
Angular momentum is a fundamental quantity in physics that describes the rotational motion of objects. In quantum physics, it ...
Physics World2d
Accounting for planetary density variations helps simulate the gravitational field
However, all is not lost. Their ultra-accurate simulations of the gravity field offer guidance toward a new mathematical foundation of gravity modelling. An upgraded simulator, which accounts for ...
NASA missions help explain and predict severity of solar storms
An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern Texas in ...
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NASA Discovers Hidden Connection Between Earth’s Core and the Air We Breathe
A recent study led by NASA has revealed a surprising connection between Earth’s magnetic field and the oxygen levels that ...