RingSystem
Discovery Alert: ‘Baby’ Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the First Time!
Discovery Alert: ‘Baby’ Planet Photographed in a Ring around a Star for the First Time! Researchers have discovered a young protoplanet called WISPIT 2b embedded in a ring-shaped gap in a disk encircling a young star, marking the first time a planet has been directly observed in one of these gaps. The protoplanet WISPIT 2b […]
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Have We Been to Uranus? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 56
Have We Been to Uranus? We Asked a NASA Expert: Episode 56 Voyager II spacecraft flew by Uranus in 1986, making it the only time humans have visited the planet. The extreme world revealed by Voyager II has an atmosphere made of methane and hydrogen, with dramatic seasonal variability due to its tilted axis. Uranus’ […]
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