Which way is ‘down’ has a different answer depending on where you are on Earth, in the solar system, in our galaxy and beyond ...
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Astronomers spot a huge super-puff planet orbiting the wrong way
Astronomers have identified a vast, cotton-candy–light “super‑puff” world that loops around its star in a wildly misaligned ...
Researchers uncover how Mars affects Earth’s orbit, offering new insight into the planetary forces behind ice ages.
AMES, Iowa – Using data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered a distant planetary system featuring multiple planets orbiting at a severe tilt to their ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN
What’s really beneath Earth? The answer goes way beyond space
Most people think they know exactly where “down” is. It’s the direction your feet point. But that familiar sense of ...
This is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around its host stars, a pair of brown dwarfs. The newly discovered planet has a polar orbit, which is perpendicular to ...
Right angle Illustration of 2M1510 showing the orbits of the two brown dwarfs (in blue) and that of the planet (in orange). (Courtesy: ESO/L Calçada) The first strong evidence for an exoplanet with an ...
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