Planets have fascinated human beings for thousands of years. From the ancient Greeks to modern astronomers, people have studied the movements of these celestial bodies and tried to understand their place in the universe. But what exactly is a planet? … Read More
Just 20 light-years from the Sun, a strange rogue planet without a star roams the Milky Way. And, according to a study published in The Astrophysical Journal, this strange, nomadic world has a magnetic field that is 4 million times … Read More
Scientists have discovered an enormous planet nine times the mass of Jupiter at a remarkably early stage of formation – describing it as still in the womb – in a discovery that calls into question current theories about planetary formation. … Read More
PDS 70 is a 370-light-year-distance star that is almost 6 million years old and has a mass roughly three-quarters that of the Sun. Two years ago astronomers spotted what they thought might be a moon-forming disk around PDS 70b, its … Read More
Astronomers observed how a planet is born for the first time, the Associated Press reported. The planet is called LkCa 15 b (named after the star around which it is formed) and is the youngest one ever studied by astronomers. … Read More
We are convinced that you know a lot about the planets of the Solar System and we can hardly tell you something you have not heard before, but still, in order to be a real website, and for our … Read More