Astronomers announce largest collection of comets found outside our solar system
For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...
Astrophysicists suggest shaded outer disk regions formed Jupiter's largest moons
A pair of astrophysicists with Aix- Marseille Université, CNRS, and Institut Universitaire de France have developed a new ...
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Did Earth once have rings like Saturn?
Recent research featured in Earth and Planetary Science Letters uncovers interesting findings about this ancient ring and its anticipated ... ultimately causing the Hirnantian Ice Age, which ...
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Astrophysicists reveal huge variation in the shape of exocomet belts
Exocometary belts – regions containing many such icy bodies – are found in at least 20% of planetary systems ... exocomets are frozen as ice. While most exocometary belts in the latest study are disks ...
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Earth's moon could've had Saturn-like rings, new study hints
A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.
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Observing Planetary Rings and Small Satellites with the James Webb Space Telescope: Science Justification and Observation Requirements
Matthew S. Tiscareno, Mark R. Showalter, Richard G. French, Joseph A. Burns, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, Imke de Pater, Douglas P. Hamilton, Matthew M. Hedman, Philip D ...