Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — A NASA spacecraft will fly over one of the most intriguing ocean worlds in our solar system on Thursday. The Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, was due to make …
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The orbit of the recently discovered fast hotspot around Sagittarius A* superimposed on the first image of the supermassive black hole captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration. (Image credit: EHT Collaboration, ESO/L. Calçada (Acknowledgements: M. Wielgus)) (opens in a new tab) Astronomers have detected a blob of hot gas swirling around the supermassive …
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TESS photometry of LP 890-9. For each of the four sectors, the 2-minute data points (in gray) were grouped into 30-minute intervals to produce the black dots, with error bars corresponding to the root mean square of the uncertainties of the points in the bins. The transits of LP 890-9 b and c are indicated …
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The massive, hyperluminous galaxy W0410-0913 and its surroundings, seen 12 billion years ago. Zooming in on W0410-0913 shows a map of gas velocity in the galaxy, specifically carbon monoxide: blue colors mean the gas is coming towards us, while red means it is going away from us . In other words, the galaxy is spinning. …
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To date, 5,084 extrasolar planets have been confirmed in 3,811 planetary systems, with another 8,912 candidates awaiting confirmation. These discoveries have provided astronomers with a detailed sample of the types of planets that exist in our Universe, ranging from gas giants several times the size of Jupiter to smaller rocky bodies like Earth. So far, …
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