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A radiation belt is a doughnut-shape region around a celestial object where charged particles are trapped by a magnetic field. These magnetic structures were...
Beyond the Solar System, the universe includes numerous exoplanets: planets orbiting around other stars. The discovery of a giant exoplanet strangely lacking a...
Oxygen is a life-sustaining element that makes up about twenty percent of the air we breathe. Our research suggests that the stepwise rise of O2 in our...
Climate cycles are influenced by the changes in a planet's axial tilt or obliquity. Stellar binary companions can alter a planet's obliquity quite...
Sensitive, high-resolution spectroscopy reveals the presence of heavy metals in the gaseous atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9 b. The spectroscopic...
Astronomers are now beginning to study the atmospheres of exoplanets, revealing details about their chemical composition and how temperature changes with...
Are we alone out there? Many earth-like planets have been described and some of them could certainly harbor life as we know it. Some others, however, may not...
