For direct detection, an observatory would need to capture photons that travel through the planet's atmosphere as it is making a transit. Given that transits are one of the primary ways exoplanets ...

Magnetic fields are the essential, but often “secret” ingredients of the interstellar medium and the process of making stars. The secrecy shrouding interstellar magnetic fields can be attributed to ...

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