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Gaseous heavy metals in the atmosphere of an ultra-hot exoplanet

KELT-9 is a hot blue star in the constellation Cygnus. It has a temperature of over 10,000 K and a mass that is over twice larger than the Sun. It is very luminous (though not visible with the naked eye) and as such belongs to... click to read more

Jens Hoeijmakers | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Département d'Astronomie, Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Center for Space and Habitability (CSH), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

exoplanet

atmosphere

exploration

Reading time 4 min

published on May 14, 2019

Methane ice dunes on Pluto

Prior to NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto in July 2015, the highest resolution image of the dwarf planet was just twelve pixels across the whole world. New Horizons' images, from its single 30000 mph fly-by, were at best around 80 m per pixel, and... click to read more

Matt Telfer | Lecturer at School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

NASA

pluto

exploration

Reading time 4 min

published on Mar 18, 2019