Astronomers discover Jupiter-like planet that orbits two Suns

8 years, 9 months ago

Astronomers discover Jupiter-like planet that orbits two Suns

Washington: A team of astronomers led by the team from Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland have used data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope to identify a huge planet, almost the size of Jupiter, that orbits two Suns simultaneously. Planets that orbit two stars are known as circumbinary planets or sometimes "Tatooine" planets, after Luke Skywalker's home world in the movie "Star Wars". The planet takes 1,107 days -- just over three years -- to orbit its host stars, the longest period of any confirmed transiting exoplanet found so far. "It's a bit curious that this biggest planet took so long to confirm, since it is easier to find big planets than small ones," said SDSU astronomer Jerome Orosz.

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Astronomers discover exoplanet that may have a sibling sharing the same orbit

1 year, 8 months ago

Astronomers discover exoplanet that may have a sibling sharing the same orbit

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Planets

Astronomers find rare planet circling two stars like Star Wars’s Tatooine

1 year, 9 months ago

Astronomers find rare planet circling two stars like Star Wars’s Tatooine

The Independent

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Two potentially habitable planets discovered in our backyard. They are Earth-like

2 years, 3 months ago

Two potentially habitable planets discovered in our backyard. They are Earth-like

Planets

Are we alone? Citizen scientists discover two planets orbiting Sun-like star

3 years, 9 months ago

Are we alone? Citizen scientists discover two planets orbiting Sun-like star

Planets

Stunning video maps out all of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered by NASA

5 years, 8 months ago

Stunning video maps out all of the 4,000 exoplanets discovered by NASA

Exoplanets

A moon the size of NEPTUNE that orbits a giant planet 8,000 light-years away

6 years, 6 months ago

A moon the size of NEPTUNE that orbits a giant planet 8,000 light-years away

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Scientists discover 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter while hunting for the elusive Planet X

6 years, 8 months ago

Scientists discover 12 new moons orbiting Jupiter while hunting for the elusive Planet X

Earth

Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours

7 years, 3 months ago

Artificial intelligence finds solar system with 8 planets like ours

Solar System

Yet another solar system with 8 planets discovered by NASA's AI

7 years, 3 months ago

Yet another solar system with 8 planets discovered by NASA's AI

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KEPLER'S TOP FIVE FINDS

7 years, 3 months ago

KEPLER'S TOP FIVE FINDS

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Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says

7 years, 3 months ago

Eight planets found orbiting distant star, NASA says

Data

NASA's Hubble space telescope spots a planet orbiting two stars

8 years, 6 months ago

NASA's Hubble space telescope spots a planet orbiting two stars

Stars

Three giant exoplanets found orbiting twin stars

8 years, 7 months ago

Three giant exoplanets found orbiting twin stars

Stars

NASA’s Kepler discovers 1,284 planets

8 years, 10 months ago

NASA’s Kepler discovers 1,284 planets

Stars

New 'Tatooine' Discovery Confirms Circumbinary Planets Aren't Just Science Fiction

9 years, 7 months ago

New 'Tatooine' Discovery Confirms Circumbinary Planets Aren't Just Science Fiction

Stars

NASA probe discovers new planet orbiting two stars

9 years, 7 months ago

NASA probe discovers new planet orbiting two stars

Stars

Amazing Nasa animation reveals just how close we are to finding life on an alien planet

10 years, 11 months ago

Amazing Nasa animation reveals just how close we are to finding life on an alien planet

Stars

Two milestones for NASA's Kepler Space Telescope for search of Earth-like planets

12 years, 4 months ago

Two milestones for NASA's Kepler Space Telescope for search of Earth-like planets

Candidates

Tightly Packed Planets Spotted Around Sun-Like Star

12 years, 5 months ago

Tightly Packed Planets Spotted Around Sun-Like Star

Planets

'Star Wars' planet discovered that is both orbiting two suns and being orbited by two suns

12 years, 5 months ago

'Star Wars' planet discovered that is both orbiting two suns and being orbited by two suns

Earth

Planet orbiting two suns discovered

13 years, 6 months ago

Planet orbiting two suns discovered

Stars

1st planet orbiting 2 stars discovered

13 years, 6 months ago

1st planet orbiting 2 stars discovered

Stars

In search of a second earth

14 years ago

In search of a second earth

Exoplanets

Planets found aplenty outside solar system

14 years, 2 months ago

Planets found aplenty outside solar system

Solar System

Planetary system with two suns discovered

14 years, 5 months ago

Planetary system with two suns discovered

Gas

Seven new planets discovered

14 years, 9 months ago

Seven new planets discovered

Planets

New Exoplanet Hunter Makes First 5 Discoveries

15 years, 3 months ago

New Exoplanet Hunter Makes First 5 Discoveries

Planets

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Four planets discovered outside Solar System share a similarity with Earth

4 days, 16 hours ago

Four planets discovered outside Solar System share a similarity with Earth

A new discovery in exoplanetary science has revealed four small world outside the Solar System. They are all rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, the nearest single star to Earth after …

Planets Earth

Indian scientists discover alien planet that can fit 263 Earths inside it

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indian scientists discover alien planet that can fit 263 Earths inside it

A team of scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad have made a stunning discovery outside the Solar System. The planet, dubbed TOI-6038A b, is a dense sub-Saturn size …

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Stargazing in February: Plan the parade

1 month, 4 weeks ago

Stargazing in February: Plan the parade

There’s been a ‘parade of the planets’ in the evening sky for a few weeks now, and it reaches a stunning climax towards the end of February when you can …

The Independent

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New planet in our solar system? Scientists find hidden body 5-7 times size of Earth that orbits Sun in 20,000 years

3 months, 1 week ago

New planet in our solar system? Scientists find hidden body 5-7 times size of Earth that orbits Sun in 20,000 years

Astronomers believe that our solar system may still hold surprises, with ongoing efforts to find a hidden ninth planet, often referred to as Planet Nine or Planet X. The Kuiper …

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James Webb Telescope confirms what Hubble revealed about the birth of planets

3 months, 2 weeks ago

James Webb Telescope confirms what Hubble revealed about the birth of planets

Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope has resolved a long-standing astronomical mystery by confirming findings from the Hubble Space Telescope regarding planet formation around ancient stars. To investigate, researchers utilised Webb …

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Something big passed through Solar System and changed the orbit of its planets

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Something big passed through Solar System and changed the orbit of its planets

The planets in solar do not have circular orbit around the Sun, including Earth which goes around in an elliptical orbit. A close encounter with a massive interstellar object may …

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Jupiter to be visible as bright star tonight as it makes its closest approach to Earth

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Jupiter to be visible as bright star tonight as it makes its closest approach to Earth

Get ready for a spectacular astronomical event on today! During this alignment, Jupiter will be at its nearest point to Earth in 13 months, making it appear much brighter and …

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This planet celebrates new year every 21 hours

4 months, 1 week ago

This planet celebrates new year every 21 hours

Astronomers have discovered a rare type of planet outside Solar System where a year lasts just 21 hours. TOI-3261 b, an ultra-hot Neptune-sized planet, has become the latest addition to …

Hot Star Neptune Planet

Planet 9: Inside the search for a hidden planet in our solar system

5 months ago

Planet 9: Inside the search for a hidden planet in our solar system

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. “There are definitely full-blown skeptics about Planet Nine — it’s kind of a contentious topic,” Rice said. But Batygin and his team …

CNN

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The Hunt for Life on Europa Is About to Kick Up a Gear

5 months, 4 weeks ago

The Hunt for Life on Europa Is About to Kick Up a Gear

If we’re going to find life on another world, Europa might just be our best bet. “Europa is the first ocean world, besides Earth, that we discovered in our solar …

Wired

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Scientists find astonishing planet near to Earth

6 months ago

Scientists find astonishing planet near to Earth

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New Space Discovery Suggests Solar System Larger Than We Thought. All You Need To Know

6 months, 2 weeks ago

New Space Discovery Suggests Solar System Larger Than We Thought. All You Need To Know

Our solar system is much bigger than what has been previously estimated by astronomers, a new study has revealed. The Subaru Telescope has been conducting studies of the outer Solar …

News 18

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NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star

8 months, 1 week ago

NASA telescope spots a super Jupiter that takes more than a century to go around its star

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope — and it has a super orbit. Astronomers directly observed the …

Associated Press

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Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Nasa creates history with discovery of 6 new planets outside Solar System

Nasa has announced the discovery of six new worlds, pushing the total number of confirmed planets beyond our solar system to 5,502. FINDING SIX NEW PLANETS The newly discovered exoplanets …

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Evidence for 'Planet Nine' lurking on the fringes of the Solar System is building. So why can't astronomers spot it?

10 months, 1 week ago

Evidence for 'Planet Nine' lurking on the fringes of the Solar System is building. So why can't astronomers spot it?

In short: A new study, yet to be peer reviewed, builds on years of evidence suggesting a ninth planet exists in the Solar System. "I don't see how we can …

ABC

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Astronomers discover potentially habitable planet

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Astronomers discover potentially habitable planet

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns …

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Scientists Discover A New Earth-Size Planet And Name It After A Biscuit; Find Out Why

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Scientists Discover A New Earth-Size Planet And Name It After A Biscuit; Find Out Why

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery as they spotted a new planet that is “practically the same size” as earth. The Speculoos project aims to find rocky exoplanets around ultracool …

News 18

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New Earth-sized planet discovered next to star that will outlive the Sun

10 months, 3 weeks ago

New Earth-sized planet discovered next to star that will outlive the Sun

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All you wanted to know about NASA’s Europa Clipper, soon to be bound for Jupiter

11 months, 3 weeks ago

All you wanted to know about NASA’s Europa Clipper, soon to be bound for Jupiter

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, but the focus of astronomers has not been that much on this gas giant as on other planets like Mars. NASA's …

Hindustan Times

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How ‘missing’ Planet Nine would change the world for girls

1 year, 1 month ago

How ‘missing’ Planet Nine would change the world for girls

Last month saw an abundance – a positive meteor shower! The discovery of the possible location of a ninth planet in our solar system remind us that there’s still so …

The Independent

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Three new moons of Uranus and Neptune discovered

1 year, 1 month ago

Three new moons of Uranus and Neptune discovered

Scientists recently noticed three new moons lingering around Uranus and Neptune, which are the most distant planets in our solar system. “The three newly discovered moons are the faintest ever …

Salon

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Scientists discover possible location of ninth planet in Solar System

1 year, 1 month ago

Scientists discover possible location of ninth planet in Solar System

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Farthest from the Sun, gone forever

1 year, 2 months ago

Farthest from the Sun, gone forever

Planet no more The term ‘planet’ once loosely described any large object within the Solar System, orbiting the Sun. Around 2006, planets came to be defined as “celestial objects large …

New Indian Express

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NASA discovers 85 Earth-like planets that could support life

1 year, 2 months ago

NASA discovers 85 Earth-like planets that could support life

Scientists have revealed a promising development in the search for alien life. Generally, if a planet is a similar distance from its star as Earth from the sun, scientists could …

Exoplanets Planets Earth Star

Does the Solar system have a ninth planet after all?

1 year, 2 months ago

Does the Solar system have a ninth planet after all?

Some of us remember August 24 2006 like it was yesterday. I was 11 years old, and my entire class began lunch break by passionately chanting “Pluto is a planet” …

Solar System Planets Earth Sun

Astronomers endeavor to unravel mystery of free-floating Jupiter-Sized 'Planets'

1 year, 3 months ago

Astronomers endeavor to unravel mystery of free-floating Jupiter-Sized 'Planets'

NASA astronomers have reportedly discovered a free-floating Jupiter-sized ‘planets’ in the space. It has been stated that astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to identify 500 or so previously …

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Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation

1 year, 3 months ago

Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation

Imagine you’re a farmer searching for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find an ostrich egg, much larger than anything a chicken could …

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A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way

1 year, 4 months ago

A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way

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Astronomers discover new six-planet system

1 year, 4 months ago

Astronomers discover new six-planet system

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Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star

1 year, 4 months ago

Astronomers find seven planets being 'fried' by their star

In our solar system, little rocky Mercury is the planet orbiting closest to the sun, perpetually fried by solar radiation seven times more intense than what we experience on Earth. …

Mercury Planets Earth Solar

Forget Planet Nine! Scientists say an Earth-like world could be hiding within our Solar System

1 year, 7 months ago

Forget Planet Nine! Scientists say an Earth-like world could be hiding within our Solar System

Japanese astronomers propose another planet that's closer than Planet Nine For years, astronomers have teased the concept of another world in our solar system, commonly referred to as Planet Nine. …

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The giant next door: What clues does Jupiter hold to the future of the solar system?

1 year, 8 months ago

The giant next door: What clues does Jupiter hold to the future of the solar system?

Jupiter is the oldest, most influential, and arguably the most intriguing planet in the neighbourhood. It was the first to form, three million years after the birth of the solar …

Hindustan Times

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Two planets sharing same orbit around their star? Astronomers find strongest evidence yet

1 year, 8 months ago

Two planets sharing same orbit around their star? Astronomers find strongest evidence yet

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Two planets sharing same orbit? Astronomers get strongest evidence but need to wait till 2026 for confirmation

1 year, 8 months ago

Two planets sharing same orbit? Astronomers get strongest evidence but need to wait till 2026 for confirmation

Astronomers reported Wednesday the discovery of what could be two planets sharing the same orbit around their star. Using a telescope in Chile, the Spanish-led team spotted a cloud of …

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Astronomers discover rare planet that resembles fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine

1 year, 9 months ago

Astronomers discover rare planet that resembles fictional Star Wars planet Tatooine

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … An international team of astronomers has discovered a rare new multi-planet system that closely resembles the home of Star …

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NASA's Kepler discovers trio of exoplanets in final days of decade-long mission

1 year, 10 months ago

NASA's Kepler discovers trio of exoplanets in final days of decade-long mission

A team of astrophysicists and citizen scientists have identified a trio of exoplanets, which may have been some of the last planets that NASA's retired Kepler space telescope observed over …

Hindustan Times

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'Evolution of massive exoplanets': Indian scientists discover giant alien planet 13 times bigger than Jupiter

1 year, 10 months ago

'Evolution of massive exoplanets': Indian scientists discover giant alien planet 13 times bigger than Jupiter

A team of scientists headed by Professor Abhijit Chakraborty of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad has discovered the densest alien planet, which is 13 times bigger than Jupiter. The densest …

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Mighty Discovery: The alien planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter

1 year, 10 months ago

Mighty Discovery: The alien planet that is 13 times more massive than Jupiter

A team of international scientists led by an Indian professor at Ahmedabad’s Physical Research Laboratory has detected an exoplanet that has the highest known density so far. “The discovery of …

India Space Exoplanets Discovery

Earth-like planet covered with erupting volcanoes discovered

1 year, 10 months ago

Earth-like planet covered with erupting volcanoes discovered

While Jupiter's moon Io remains the most volcanically active celestial object in our solar system, a newly discovered planet is giving it a tough challenge. The Earth-like planet is the …

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In a first, scientists observe star swallowing a jupiter-size planet - Will earth meet the same fate?

1 year, 11 months ago

In a first, scientists observe star swallowing a jupiter-size planet - Will earth meet the same fate?

Scientists for the first have observed a rare cellestial event when they detected a star swallowing a planet. Earth likely to meet same fate on day Astronomers believe that Earth …

Earth Sun Star Planet

Planet with 2-Sun! Nasa’s telescope makes ‘out-of -this-world-discovery’

2 years ago

Planet with 2-Sun! Nasa’s telescope makes ‘out-of -this-world-discovery’

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope made another out-of-this-world discovery: A giant red planet outside the solar system. The researchers used the state-of-the-art telescope to study the motions of the clouds …

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Venus, Jupiter will shine together tonight. When to see two brightest planets

2 years, 1 month ago

Venus, Jupiter will shine together tonight. When to see two brightest planets

Good news for sky gazers as two of the brightest planets in our solar system will come together tonight. Jupiter and Venus will be in conjunction, where the distance between …

Venus Jupiter Conjunction

Jupiter and Venus are destined to come together in a rare conjunction

2 years, 1 month ago

Jupiter and Venus are destined to come together in a rare conjunction

Days after the Moon joined the party with Venus and Jupiter, dazzling stargazers across the world, the two planets are set to come closest to each other. The biggest planet …

Planets Earth Moon Venus

Moon, Jupiter and Venus Come Together in Night Sky as Twitter Users Snap Photos of Rare Event

2 years, 1 month ago

Moon, Jupiter and Venus Come Together in Night Sky as Twitter Users Snap Photos of Rare Event

In a rare celestial event, the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus came together to set a spectacular night-time show across the world. Here’s how the Moon, Jupiter, and Venus appeared together …

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With discovery of 12 more moons, Jupiter now has 92, the most in our solar system

2 years, 2 months ago

With discovery of 12 more moons, Jupiter now has 92, the most in our solar system

Scientists have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, giving the giant planet a record-breaking 92 in total, more than any other planet in our solar system. Astronomers have discovered 12 …

LA Times

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Jupiter beats Saturn to become the planet with most moons: 92

2 years, 2 months ago

Jupiter beats Saturn to become the planet with most moons: 92

February 04, 2023 04:37 pm | Updated 05:06 pm IST Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. The Jupiter moons were …

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Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

2 years, 2 months ago

Jupiter's moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. The Jupiter moons were added recently to a list kept by the International Astronomical …

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Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

2 years, 2 months ago

Jupiter’s moon count jumps to 92, most in solar system

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. The Jupiter moons were added recently to a list kept …

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