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Study of over 800 planet-forming disks reveals startling planetary evolution
Is our solar system comparable to other solar systems? What are the other systems like? We know from studies of exoplanets that many other systems have hot Jupiters, massive gas giants that orbit extremely close to their stars. Is this normal, and our solar system is the outlier? One way to address these questions is […]
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There Are Tiny Bright Spots All Over The Sun, And We Can Finally Know Their Source
Sunspots aren’t the only spots decorating the dynamic face of our Sun. Solar physicists have closely studied tiny, fleeting patches of brightness that emerge and fade in less than a minute on average, in regions where loops of plasma rise from the solar surface. They are called “sun points”. The analysis revealed that the short-lived […]
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There Are Tiny Bright Spots All Over The Sun, And We Can Finally Know Their Source
Sunspots aren’t the only spots decorating the dynamic face of our Sun. Solar physicists have closely studied tiny, fleeting patches of brightness that emerge and fade in less than a minute on average, in regions where loops of plasma rise from the solar surface. They are called “sun points”. The analysis revealed that the short-lived […]