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Tag: exoplanets

Science News, writing

The Largest Planet Found Around the Smallest(-type) Star

November 6, 2017May 20, 2022 JD Voyek

The discovery of as large a planet as NGTS-1b around an M-dwarf throws a proverbial wrench into astronomers' assumptions about planetary formation.

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NASA had a press conference. It’s not aliens.

February 22, 2017March 29, 2017 JD Voyek

Dr. Michaël Gillon, whose team discovered the new planetary system, said they should be named after the first seven Trappist beers.

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Pale Blue Dots

February 3, 2017 JD Voyek

Do you want to see an alien solar system? Those roving dots are four real planets, orbiting a very young star called HR 8799 about 129 lightyears from Earth. The star itself is hiding under the black circle to block most of its light (i.e. it's not added in post), so the telescope can actually pick out… Continue reading Pale Blue Dots

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