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New Planet Discovered In Orbit Of Young Milky Way Star
A second planet has been discovered circling Beta Pictoris, a fledgling star in our own galaxy offering astronomers a rare glimpse of a planetary system in the making, according to a study published Monday.
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Nasa Simulation Reveals Planet Making Waves in Nearby Debris Disk
The team used the Discover supercomputer operated by the Nasa Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard.
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NASA Model Reveals Planet Making Waves Around Debris Disk
Giving an insight into the evolution of a young planetary system, a NASA supercomputer simulation of the planet and debris disk around star Beta Pictoris reveals that the planet's motion drives spiral waves throughout the disk.
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Exoplanet's Day Clocked For First Time, Lasts Just Eight Hours
Astronomers have for the first time ever measured the rotation rate of an alien planet, and found that the huge Jupiter-like world about 63 light-years from Earth has a day lasting just eight hours.
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Spin Cycle: Astronomers Detect Distant Planet that Whirls Madly
Are you the type of person who gets dizzy just watching a merry-go-round go round and round? If so, don't plan a visit to the planet known as Beta Pictoris b. The thing spins like mad.
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New Planet Discovered In Orbit Of Young Milky Way Star
A second planet has been discovered circling Beta Pictoris, a fledgling star in our own galaxy offering astronomers a rare glimpse of a planetary system in the making, according to a study published Monday.
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Nasa Simulation Reveals Planet Making Waves in Nearby Debris Disk
The team used the Discover supercomputer operated by the Nasa Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard.
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NASA Model Reveals Planet Making Waves Around Debris Disk
Giving an insight into the evolution of a young planetary system, a NASA supercomputer simulation of the planet and debris disk around star Beta Pictoris reveals that the planet's motion drives spiral waves throughout the disk.
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Exoplanet's Day Clocked For First Time, Lasts Just Eight Hours
Astronomers have for the first time ever measured the rotation rate of an alien planet, and found that the huge Jupiter-like world about 63 light-years from Earth has a day lasting just eight hours.
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Spin Cycle: Astronomers Detect Distant Planet that Whirls Madly
Are you the type of person who gets dizzy just watching a merry-go-round go round and round? If so, don't plan a visit to the planet known as Beta Pictoris b. The thing spins like mad.
