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Astronomers watched the planet-forming disk around young star AB Aurigae actually rotate, the first time the spinning nursery has been filmed

For the first time, astronomers have filmed a planet-forming disk in motion, watching the swirling material around the young ...
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The James Webb telescope just solved a decades-old Saturn mystery — the planet’s rotation rate was never actually coming from the planet at all

For more than 40 years, planetary scientists believed they knew how long a day on Saturn lasted. They were listening to the ...
CNN

Mars is rotating more quickly, NASA mission finds

Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Mars is rotating more quickly than it ...
SpaceNews

Earth’s core rotating faster than rest of the planet but slower than previously believed

New research gives the first accurate estimate of how much faster the Earth’s core is rotating compared to the rest of the planet. Previous research had shown that the Earth’s core rotates faster than ...
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Illustrations how a star illuminates and heats the day side of a synchronously rotating planet, and the phenomena of transit and occultation (eclipse). (IMAGE)

This image illustrates how a star illuminates and heats the day side of a synchronously rotating planet, and the phenomena of transit and occultation (eclipse). The bottom of the figure shows the ...