Sentences with phrase «close planetary neighbors»

As the hot Jupiter dashes inward, its gravity ejects any smaller planets near the star, both explaining the absence of close planetary neighbors and suggesting that solar systems with hot Jupiters are unlikely to host life - bearing worlds resembling Earth.

Those with enough interest in NASA, the solar system, and our closest planetary neighbor should get something out of a rental of Roving Mars.

Not exact matches

So this month's occurrence becomes a historical footnote, a sheer - enjoyment opportunity to watch the clockwork motion of the solar system and to see our nearest planetary neighbor speeding along in its orbit at the point where it comes closest to Earth.

In contrast, many hot Neptunes — close - in giant worlds with roughly 5 % of Jupiter's mass — do have planetary neighbors.

The moon, our closest neighbor, remains in many ways a mystery to planetary scientists — a destination tantalizingly close, yet frustratingly difficult to reach.

A neighboring star could wander too close and gravitationally disrupt a planetary system, flinging worlds into icy interstellar space.

Yet our closest celestial neighbor has been very much on the minds of planetary scientists, entrepreneurs, archaeologists, and others these days.

In 1991 the Planetary Camera then onboard the Hubble Space Telescope pointed toward the center of our Milky Way's closest major galactic neighbor: Andromeda (M31).