For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...
Astronomers using planet-hunting satellites have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving completely in sync with one another, as if they were untouched by any outside force since being ...
LILLE, Maine -- From left to right, Upper St. John River Organization Directors Tom Gerard and Steve Young, University of Maine at Presque Isle Emeritus Geology Professor Kevin McCartney, and Upper St ...
Our sun is about five times less magnetically active than other sunlike stars—effectively a special case. The reason for this could reside in the planets in our solar system, say researchers at the ...
For decades, the solar system set the template: small rocky planets close to the star, gas giants farther out, beyond a ...
An artist's impression of the planetary system surrounding LHS 1903, a small red dwarf star cooler and dimmer than our Sun. (European Space Agency) (CN) — For decades, astronomers thought they had ...
Somewhere around 50 light-years from Earth, a dim red dwarf star called LHS 1903 hosts four planets arranged in an order that ...
When planetary scientists look to other stars for planets beyond Earth, they don’t often turn up much that resembles our solar system. Whether it’s because of star size, detection method, or observing ...