planetary rings
Are Low Density “Cotton Candy” Exoplanets Actually Just Regular Planets With Rings?
There's a type of exoplanet that astronomers sometimes refer to as cotton candy planets, or super-puffs. They're mysterious, because their…
5 years ago
Centaurs Keep Their Rings From Greedy Gas Giants
Minor planets like Chariklo are good at keeping their ring systems away from larger planets, and we are beginning to…
8 years ago
Roche Limit
[/caption] The Roche limit is named after French astronomy Edouard Roche, who published the first calculation of the theoretical limit,…
15 years ago