• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 24th, 2014
Gas Giants Could Host Habitable Moons

Gas Giants Could Host Habitable Moons

The plants need to orbit their parent stars inside the habitable zone

Cassini Sees Saturn's Rings in Infrared – Space Photo

Cassini Sees Saturn's Rings in Infrared – Space Photo

The spacecraft saw the rings from a high-inclination vantage point

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2014
Very Rare Type of Brown Dwarf Imaged in New Study

Very Rare Type of Brown Dwarf Imaged in New Study

The work could reveal more about intermediate-mass cosmic objects

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 18th, 2014
Gas Giant Seen Forming Around Its Parent Star

Gas Giant Seen Forming Around Its Parent Star

The protoplanetary disk is very far away from the actual star

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 10th, 2014
Pisces Constellation Reveals Massive Exoplanet

Pisces Constellation Reveals Massive Exoplanet

This interesting discovery was announced yesterday

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 20th, 2013
Planet Traps Keep Gas Giants from Plunging into Parent Stars

Planet Traps Keep Gas Giants from Plunging into Parent Stars

New study shows how these worlds avoid a fiery death

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 9th, 2013
Inner Planets May Have Contaminated the Gas Giants with Life

Inner Planets May Have Contaminated the Gas Giants with Life

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 4th, 2012
Life May Exist on Exoplanets Orbiting Two Stars

Life May Exist on Exoplanets Orbiting Two Stars

Such a world has only recently been discovered by astronomers

Here’s How Aliens on Gas Giants Might Look Like [Photo]

Here’s How Aliens on Gas Giants Might Look Like [Photo]

Leading scientist proposes the existence of jellyfish-like creatures

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 11th, 2012
Jupiter Reveals Two New Moons

Jupiter Reveals Two New Moons

They were first discovered and identified back in 2010

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 9th, 2012
Few Brown Dwarfs Discovered in Solar Neighborhood

Few Brown Dwarfs Discovered in Solar Neighborhood

Astronomers say these failed stars are not as prevalent as thought

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2012
Extremely Cool Star Burns at Just 400 Degrees

Extremely Cool Star Burns at Just 400 Degrees

The discovery may help astronomers classify celestial bodies

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 7th, 2012
Potential Explanation for How Brown Dwarfs Form Proposed

Potential Explanation for How Brown Dwarfs Form Proposed

The model combines data from several existing theories

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 27th, 2012
Weird Star Produces Flaring Radio Emissions

Weird Star Produces Flaring Radio Emissions

Astronomers classify the object as a brown dwarf-class star

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 26th, 2012
Jupiter May Explain Strange Exoplanet's Composition

Jupiter May Explain Strange Exoplanet's Composition

Our own gas giant appears to be dissolving, much to the puzzlement of experts

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 19th, 2012
Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars

Exoplanets May Prefer Certain Orbits Around Parent Stars

This preference is dictated by the amount of radiations the stars emit

Cassini Captures Amazing View of Dione

Cassini Captures Amazing View of Dione

The moon appears backdropped by Jupiter in this new image

 
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