SYFY WIRE Exoplanets A baby binary star may be forming three different planetary systems around it SVS 13 is a binary star overachiever. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Hubble looks at a planet where vaporized rock may rain out as molten rock at night Better pack a titanium umbrella. By Phil Plait 2 years ago The space weather forecast might also predict aliens Extraterrestrials are now in the forecast. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Psst! Wanna see an actual Hubble image of a planet forming around a nearby star? Theorized exoplanet AB Aurigae b now directly seen in photos. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Astronomers discover a huge expanding debris cloud from two colliding protoplanets! When worlds collide, they make a lot of dust. A lot. By Phil Plait 2 years ago When is a planet not a planet? When it’s actually a star Astronomers find a handful of planets are actually stars. By Phil Plait 2 years ago 5,000th exoplanet found! The first was announced in 1992. What a difference 30 years makes. By Phil Plait 2 years ago A tug on binary stars reveals the mass of the Tatooine-like planet Kepler-16b May the force of gravity be with you. By Phil Plait 2 years ago Tatooine has nothing on the 97 quadruple star systems TESS just found …and it nearly doubles the number of known quadruple systems. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago Leaky mini-Neptune planets are losing their air and becoming super-Earths This explains a kind of planet normally missing in solar systems. By Phil Plait 2 years ago SYFY WIRE | Page 6
A baby binary star may be forming three different planetary systems around it SVS 13 is a binary star overachiever. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Hubble looks at a planet where vaporized rock may rain out as molten rock at night Better pack a titanium umbrella. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
The space weather forecast might also predict aliens Extraterrestrials are now in the forecast. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Psst! Wanna see an actual Hubble image of a planet forming around a nearby star? Theorized exoplanet AB Aurigae b now directly seen in photos. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Astronomers discover a huge expanding debris cloud from two colliding protoplanets! When worlds collide, they make a lot of dust. A lot. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
When is a planet not a planet? When it’s actually a star Astronomers find a handful of planets are actually stars. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
5,000th exoplanet found! The first was announced in 1992. What a difference 30 years makes. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
A tug on binary stars reveals the mass of the Tatooine-like planet Kepler-16b May the force of gravity be with you. By Phil Plait 2 years ago
Tatooine has nothing on the 97 quadruple star systems TESS just found …and it nearly doubles the number of known quadruple systems. By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago
Leaky mini-Neptune planets are losing their air and becoming super-Earths This explains a kind of planet normally missing in solar systems. By Phil Plait 2 years ago