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An interplanetary collision — in a distant planetary system
Interplanetary collisions can explain a number of phenomena in our own solar system — here’s evidence of such a crash shaping the formation of two distant planets. Translate from an Astrobitos bite by Elena Gonzales Egea.
First Photos of a Baby Planet
To understand planet formation, we need to observe newborn planets that are in their earlier stages of development. This is exactly what was discovered around PDS 70 – the first young, forming planet around a protostar of this age. Read more to learn about what we saw, and how we got that data!
TLDR: the TRGB gives us another H0tTake!
The Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB) allows for another H0 measurement to enter the ring. Credit for “H0tTake” goes to the conference “Tensions between the Early and the Late Universe” hosted at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics!
Making it Rain in the Circumgalactic Medium
Enhanced resolution in cosmological simulations reveals new structure in the circumgalactic medium.
Ghosts of Spiral Arms Past
A study of star clusters in the Milky Way has uncovered a peculiar trend in the way they are arranged.
Heating up the guts of gas giants
Hot Jupiters are eponymously hot from outside. How does this heat affect their atmospheres and deep interiors?
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