Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun. In the popular Avatar movies, this star's system is home to ...
A team of international astronomers has captured what may be the clearest evidence yet of a planet forming in real time. The discovery centers around a young protoplanet called AB Aurigae b, still ...
R. Hurt (Caltech/IPAC) Just 4.3 light years from Earth lies a star called Alpha Centauri A, which is famous for being the nearest star that resembles our own Sun. In the popular Avatar movies, this ...
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has so far spotted over 7,000 planets around other stars, but only a fraction of them have been confirmed to be real detections — the rest could be ...
One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series,... A planet from the Avatar movies may exist in real life ...
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