Scientists from MIT and their colleagues have estimated the lifetime of the solar nebula — a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. This new estimate suggests that the ...
If you travel far enough away from the Sun, the Solar System becomes a lot more populated. Out past the orbit of Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast, ring-shaped field of icy rocks. This is where ...
TEMPE, Ariz. a Quick: What’s the order of the planets in the solar system? Need a little help? Maybe the following mnemonic rings a bell: “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Pizzas.” It’s ...
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James Webb turns the Helix Nebula into a blueprint for the sun’s last act
What might the solar system resemble if the sun were to shed its outer atmosphere, leaving its core behind? A fresh perspective on the Helix Nebula, an iconic planetary nebula known as NGC 7293, using ...
The universe never ceases to amaze, and the latest images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have provided an incredibly detailed glimpse into one of the cosmos' most intriguing structures—the ...
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Dying star lights up the Helix Nebula
In the Helix Nebula, a star much like our own is dying. Its death, though, creates a spectacle for us to appreciate now we have the James Webb Space Telescope to observe it. Knots of bright gas, ...
Observations of the outer Solar System with the Subaru Telescope have discovered new bodies where none were expected. The new objects are likely members of a much larger population waiting to be ...
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