orbital resonance
How Long is Day on Mercury?
Due to its rapid orbital period and slow rotation, a day on Mercury lasts 176 days, which is twice as…
8 years ago
Four Planet System Directly Imaged In Motion
Jason Wang, a graduate student from UC Berkeley, has created a video that captures the peculiar orbits of gas giants…
8 years ago
What Does “Earthlike” Even Mean & Should It Apply To Proxima Centauri b?
With so many exoplanet discoveries around distant (and neighboring) stars, it might be time to assess what terms like "Earth-like"…
8 years ago
How Do We Terraform Jupiter’s Moons?
Jupiter's four largest moons - the Galileans - have long been considered as possible sites for human habitation, and even…
9 years ago
Kuiper Belt Objects Point The Way To Planet 9
A new study from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has indicated that the extreme eccentricity of distant KBOs could point…
9 years ago
Uranus’ “Frankenstein Moon” Miranda
Ever since the Voyager space probes ventured into the outer Solar System, scientists and astronomers have come to understand a…
9 years ago