The first planet ever found orbiting another star was detected in 1995, and it belonged to a class now known as a “hot Jupiter.” These exoplanets are comparable in mass to Jupiter but circle their ...
Discovered in archival data, the newly identified exoplanet formed after the dinosaurs went extinct. In a finding that echoes ...
An "extra exceptional" Tatooine-like exoplanet, orbiting two suns, has been discovered. Astronomers say the "huge" new world ...
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Perihelion: What is it and when does it occur?
The term "perihelion" describes the point in an astronomical body's orbit where it is nearest to the sun. Derived from the ...
Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets tend to have more circular orbits. This split coincides with several other ...
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