Eclipses aren’t just visual spectacles, they are at the heart of scientific efforts to understand distant planets
A type of eclipse is crucial for measuring what’s in the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars.
April 8, 2024 • ~6 min
A type of eclipse is crucial for measuring what’s in the atmospheres of planets orbiting distant stars.
Projects under NASA’s CLPS program will probe unexplored questions about the universe’s formation.
Orbital resonance is kind of like musical harmony, but systems that display it are far more rare than songs with harmonic melodies.
You might hate winter, but at least you know what to expect every year. Other planets have wobbly axes that lead to wild, unpredictable seasons.
A newly discovered planet that should be too big to have formed around a tiny star is throwing into question what researchers know about planet formation.
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