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Atmosphere detected on celestial body in solar system's far reaches

Astronomers have identified another object from this realm, with a diameter of roughly 310 miles (500 km), that has an atmosphere - albeit a thin one.

An artist's concept of a dwarf planet.
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McDonough Meteorite: 23-Gram Visitor Older Than Our Planet Blasts Through Family Roof

 TOI-6894b Exoplanet - artist's impression.

Unexpected giant: Saturn-mass planet found orbiting tiny red dwarf

 Astronomers discover potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 beyond Neptune.

Astronomers discover potential dwarf planet 2017 OF201 beyond Neptune


Saturn visible in Israel's night sky at its brightest

While the rings won't be visible to the naked eye any small backyard telescope should show the rings, which will appear as bright oval-shaped disks.

A montage of Saturn and its moons as captured by the Voyager 1 probe

NASA's Hubble Telescope records evaporating planet hiccupping during orbits

This variable loss was described as "puffs", meaning that when observed the atmosphere was lost in large bursts followed by almost no loss.

 A young red dwarf star is seen stripping the atmosphere from a nearby planet in this artistic illustration.

New image of space shows how gas giant planets form - study

The discoveries were made by using the ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and Chile's Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).

 At the center of this image is the young star V960 Mon. Surrounding it are spiral arms of materials that are collapsing to form planets.

Climate change played 'overwhelming' role in July heatwaves - scientists

Periods of extreme heat are likely to hit every two to five years if average global temperatures rise 2C above pre-industrial levels.

 Impact of extreme heatwave and drought in summer 2018 compared to summer 2017, on fields near Slagelse in Zealand, Denmark.

Brown dwarf star just 5 times hotter than coffee found via radio waves - study

Brown dwarf star WISE J0623 was found releasing radio wave emissions. However, it is the coldest star producing radio waves ever discovered, being just 420 degrees Celsius.

 This artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes observed the object to learn more about its turbulent atmosphere.

Asteroid the size of 35 chickens to pass Earth on Saturday - NASA

Asteroid 2023 NY – no relation to the US state of New York – is set to pass Earth on Saturday. At 25 meters, it's around the size of over 35 chickens.

 An asteroid is seen flying near Earth in this artistic illustration.

Direct imaging unveils 'Jupiter's younger sibling': Landmark in exoplanet exploration

This method could revolutionize the way we discover extrasolar planets, especially those that are challenging to detect due to their distance, mass, or orientation relative to Earth.

Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, is seen alongside its moons (illustrative).

Outside the box: Can you figure out what's wrong with this picture?

In this puzzle you have to think "outside the box" to come up with a solution, since most surfers couldn't figure out what was wrong with it.

 Can you figure out what's wrong with this picture?

Speed of Earth's formation increases possibility of alien life - study

The research has important implications for the potential habitability of planets beyond our solar system.

 Could the Earth's rotation really be changing direction?

What's inside the moon? - study

The researchers of the study combined geophysical and geodesic constraints from the Monte Carlo exploration with heat and energy simulations for different internal structures inside the Moon.

 A moon is seen during a lunar eclipse, in Shanghai, China November 8, 2022.