Artist’s impression of WASP b and its staff. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA and J. Olmsted (STScI) Since the first planet orbiting a star other than the sun was discovered in 1995, we’ve come to realize that planets and planetary systems are more diverse than we ever imagined. Such distant worlds, exoplanets, give us the opportunity …
The Winchcombe meteorite is a rare find, with a hydrogen isotope ratio similar to that of water on Earth. Recovering a meteorite within 12 hours of its arrival means it is as pristine a specimen as possible without going into space. Eleven percent of the meteorite’s weight comes from Earth-like water, puzzling scientists about the …
The life of the main sequence of a star like the Sun may not end in a supernova like the most massive stars, but it won’t be a quiet affair. As the star runs out of fuel and becomes unstable, it swells to absolutely enormous size before blowing away its outer material as the core …
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