Tag: Planets
How Many Rogue Planets Are in the Milky Way?
How Many Rogue Planets Roam the Milky Way?According to new simulations, many, even most, planets get ejected from their star early in their...
A Parade of Planets Is Marching Through the Night Sky
Astute skywatchers may have already seen the striking line of planets across the night sky in January. This week Mercury joins the queue....
Exoplanet Census Identifies ‘Missing Planets’ Gap
For centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other worlds existed beyond those in...
How Many Planets Are in the Solar System?
When I was a kid, there were nine planets.Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns....
Famous Star Hasn’t Formed Planets, and We Don’t Know Why
November 19, 20245 min readFamous Star Hasn’t Formed Planets, and We Don’t Know WhyThe nearby star Vega, featured in the 1997 movie Contact,...
China To Build Lunar Space Station, Explore Habitable Planets Under New...
<!-- -->The launch of China's Zhongxing-11 satelliteBeijing: China on Tuesday announced plans to launch a manned lunar mission, construct a lunar space station...
How Close Are the Planet’s Climate Tipping Points?
Right now, every moment of every day, we humans are reconfiguring Earth’s climate...
