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Geoffroy LesurInstitute of Planetology and Astrophysics, University of Grenoble-Alpes, FranceAugust 10, 2022• Physics 15, 115Using a magnetically stirred liquid metal, researchers have reproduced a key feature of…

The sheer wealth of data current missions generate can overwhelm professional astronomers, so in the past decade, research groups have increasingly relied on citizen scientists. One project that calls upon…

Imagine walking through a dense, hazy fog in the middle of the night, seeing patches of light from cars and towns shimmering in the distance. It's nearly impossible to tell if the lights are deep in the fog or beyond it.…

Is our Solar System comparable to other solar systems? What do other systems look like? We know from exoplanet studies that many other systems have hot Jupiters, massive gas giants that orbit extremely close to their stars. Is that…

This artistic impression illustrates what planet-forming disks around young stars often look like. They initially consist of dust and gas configured into rings of…

This animation shows a protoplanetary disk – a planet-forming disk – undergoing a warp from an outside gravitational influence. The warp disrupts the disk’s spiral structure, which, astronomers believe, is needed to form planets. Image…