Aerospace & Spaceflight White Dwarf HS 0209+0832 May Host First Rebuilt Planet David WhitakerOctober 6, 2026October 6, 20260 Astronomers may have identified the first second-generation planet candidate around a white dwarf a possible Jupiter-sized world assembled from material…
Aerospace & Spaceflight Beta Pictoris b Bursts Suggest Field at Least 200 Times Jupiter’s Strength David WhitakerOctober 5, 2026October 5, 20260 Repeating radio bursts apparently traced to Beta Pictoris b may expose an extraordinary feature hidden around the distant gas giant:…
Aerospace & Spaceflight GJ 523b Has 23 Earth Masses but Very Little Atmosphere David WhitakerAugust 24, 2026August 24, 20260 GJ 523b presents an awkward combination for conventional planet-formation expectations: It has approximately 23 times Earth’s mass but very little…