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29 sty 2023 · New Planet Names In the list below you will find the list of newly discovered planets that have received proper names. Most of them got theirs in the NameExoWorlds contests of 2015, 2019, and 2022 so will find a lot more variety in the sources of the names than in other types of objects like constellations or moons that get their names almost ...
11 sty 2023 · Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own, clocking in at 99% of Earth’s diameter.
15 maj 2024 · Astronomers have identified a new planet that's bigger than Jupiter — the largest in our solar system — yet they say it's as fluffy and light as fairy floss. The exoplanet named WASP-193b has exceedingly low density for its size, the international team of researchers reported in the Nature Astronomy journal on Tuesday.
1 dzień temu · Planets in the Florida sky. Venus, Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter will all be visible this week. At their magnitude of brightness, they are hard to miss. All planets appear as a bright "star" that does ...
1 dzień temu · October morning planets In October 2024, red Mars will slide by the twin stars of Gemini , Castor and Pollux . It’ll rise before midnight and will be obvious in the sky before dawn.
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined and slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun.
12 sty 2023 · The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first new exoplanet, an Earth-sized rocky planet called LHS 475 b. Located just 41 light-years away, the planet orbits very close to a small,...
