HomeTagsPlanetary systems

Tag: planetary systems

Astronomers discover a planetary system by observing a nearby star HD 18599

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new planetary system by observing star HD 18599, (or TOI-179). This star appears to be orbited by a Neptune-mass exoplanet and a massive sub-stellar object. The discovery was detailed in a paper published on...

Discovery of 30 exocomets in a young planetary system

The star β Pictoris has fascinated astronomers because it enables them to observe a planetary system in the process of formation. It is made up of at least two young planets. These were detected as early as 1987. These were the first comets ever...

Astronomers focus robotic eyes on the Milky Way

University of Toronto has advanced the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This is a 20-year-long research project. It has investigated the structure and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy. A new Focal Plane System is there the fifth phase of the project which is dubbed SDSS-V....

Astronomer find star fuel surrounding galaxies

Galaxies grow by accumulating new material and then turn them into stars, including our own galaxy. But scientists do not know from where new material comes from and how it flows into galaxies to create stars. Arizona State University astronomer Sanchayeeta Borthakur has identified the...