Scientists create 1st-ever 3-dimensional map of world outside Earth's solar system

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...
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Astronomers Mapped an Alien World in 3D for the First Time: a Planet So Hot It Tears Water Apart

The gas giant WASP-18b belongs to a class known as ultra-hot Jupiters — giant, searing, gaseous planets that orbit perilously close to their stars. Researchers used a new technique called ...
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World’s first wooden satellite, developed in Japan, heads to space

The world’s first wooden satellite, built by Japanese researchers, was launched into space on Tuesday, in an early test of using timber in lunar and Mars exploration. LignoSat, developed by Kyoto ...