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IMAGE: This illustration of the newly forming exoplanet PDS 70b shows how material may be falling onto the giant world as it builds up mass. By employing Hubble s ultraviolet light (UV). view more
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NASA s Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a rare look at a Jupiter-sized, still-forming planet that is feeding off material surrounding a young star. We just don t know very much about how giant planets grow, said Brendan Bowler of the University of Texas at Austin. This planetary system gives us the first opportunity to witness material falling onto a planet. Our results open up a new area for this research.
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IMAGE: In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant celebrity star, one of the brightest stars seen. view more
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In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at a brilliant celebrity star, one of the brightest stars seen in our galaxy, surrounded by a glowing halo of gas and dust.
The price for the monster star s opulence is living on the edge. The star, called AG Carinae, is waging a tug-of-war between gravity and radiation to avoid self-destruction.
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IMAGE: This is an artist s impression of the Earth-sized, rocky exoplanet GJ 1132 b, located 41 light-years away around a red dwarf star. Scientists using NASA s Hubble Space Telescope have found. view more
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Scientists using NASA s Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that a planet orbiting a distant star may have lost its atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanic activity.
The planet, GJ 1132 b, is hypothesized to have begun as a gaseous world with a thick hydrogen blanket of atmosphere. Starting out at several times the diameter of Earth, this so-called sub-Neptune is believed to have quickly lost its primordial hydrogen and helium atmosphere due to the intense radiation of the hot, young star it orbits. In a short period of time, such a planet would be stripped down to a bare core about the size of Earth. That s when things got interesting.
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