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Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it—and others—will keep coming back
Both 887 Alinda and 2024 YR4 orbit the sun three times for every time the massive planet Jupiter goes around once. Since Jupiter's orbit takes 12 years, the asteroids will take four years to be ...
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Solar Waves Squash And Massively Heat Up Jupiter’s Magnetic Field 2-3 Times A Month
The Sun is constantly spewing solar wind, a stream of charged particles, into interplanetary space. Occasionally, it bursts ...
A Blast of Wind From the Sun Squished Jupiter’s Magnetic Shielding
Even gargantuan Jupiter, with its whirling superstorms and volatile temperatures, has a soft side. A team of researchers ...
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What Is An Eccentric Orbit, And Which Astronomical Objects Have One?
Ellipses are defined as curves that surround two focal points. At any point on the ellipse, the sum of the distance to both ...
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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
Some are so small, in fact, they would neatly slot within Earth's orbit around the sun. Additionally, the team's observations, conducted with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA ...