TORONTO, January 4, 2017 - Using a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather on Earth and a computer simulation of the physics of evaporating ices, a new study, published in the journal Nature, by York University’s Professor John Moores, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering at York’s Lassonde School of Engineering, […]
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Ultimate survivors: Tatooine worlds orbiting two suns often survive violent escapades of aging stars
TORONTO, October 12, 2016 – Planets that revolve around two suns may surprisingly survive the violent late stages of the stars’ lives, according to new research out of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre and York University. The finding is surprising because planets orbiting close to a single sun, like Mercury and Venus in our solar […]