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Rogue Saturn-mass planet confirmed by two-view weigh-in
Finding a planet is one thing; proving it is a planet when it has no star is the part that usually breaks the story. A newly ...
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A lone "rogue" planet finally gets its weight and distance nailed down
Astronomers have finally pinned down both the mass and distance of a solitary “rogue” planet, a world that drifts through ...
While most planets that we are familiar with stick relatively close to their host star in a predictable orbit, some planets ...
Planets usually stay close to their host stars, tracing steady paths shaped by gravity. Yet some planets break free and drift ...
Astronomers have, for the first time, found a planet orbiting a binary star system using microlensing. Gravitational lensing is a technique that made its name by aiding in the discovery of galaxies.
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