8 results for “gas giant”
Planets & the Solar System
Uranus and Neptune
gas giants closer in. Uranus and Neptune are ice giants, and they may be the most
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Planets & the Solar System
Jupiter
gas giant. There is no ground to stand on. Its outer layer is an atmosphere of hydrogen
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Planets & the Solar System
Saturn
The ringed planet is the jewel of the solar system, and its moons include a world
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Space & the Universe
Galaxies and the Milky Way
gas, having used it up or lost it long ago; the largest galaxies in the universe are giant
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Space & the Universe
Exoplanets: Worlds Around Other Stars
gas. A zoo of worlds Our solar system turned out to be a poor guide to what is out there. The very first discoveries were "hot Jupiters", giant
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Planets & the Solar System
The Sun
gas between the stars, carving a bubble, the heliosphere, that extends far beyond Pluto. Two Voyager probes crossed its edge after more than thirty-five years of flight. The Sun's future
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Space & the Universe
The Life of a Star
gas around it. A single cloud usually makes hundreds of stars at once, which is why young stars are found in clusters. The long middle age A star spends about 90 percent
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Space & the Universe
Black Holes
giant in galaxy M87 it is wider than our whole solar system. Inside the horizon, as far as our equations can tell, all the mass is concentrated at a single point
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