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☆ How one Filipino-American boxing studio founder is going against the grain
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In a journey marked by perseverance and determination, Jose Benedicto IV has broken barriers to become the first entrepreneur in his family. Despite facing skepticism and doubts, he remained determined to carve his path in an industry where representation was scarce. With a vision to inspire and empower others, Benedicto IV combined his passion for fitness with his desire to be an entrepreneur, which lead to the creation of Hooked Boxing and Fitness in Neptune, New Jersey. As an advocate for Asian American representation, he seeks to be a role model for others. He demonstrates that with ambition and hard work, even those who arrive in a new country at a young age can achieve success.

Persons: Jose Benedicto, Benedicto IV Locations: Neptune , New Jersey

☆ Kenya floods: Maasai Mara visitors stranded as death toll nears 200
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Larry Madowo | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Staff and visitors have been left stranded and buildings submerged at Kenya’s famous Maasai Mara nature reserve, as the death toll in catastrophic flooding in the country’s southwest rose to at least 188 people. Local authorities ordered some tourist facilities in the National Reserve to close after River Talek, one of the tributaries of the Mara River, burst its banks and swept through more than a dozen riverside tourist lodges and camps. In Maasai Mara, camp owners were told to leave the affected properties and “move to higher ground further away from River Talek,” governor of Narok county Patrick Ole Ntutu said on Wednesday. Parts of Maasai Mara National Reserve were left submerged by the flooding. Authorities said they had deployed two helicopters to rescue stranded tourists and local staff around the national reserve after receiving distress calls.

Persons: Mai Mahiu, Isaac Mwaura, Susan Kihika, Mara, Patrick Ole Ntutu, Bobby Neptune, Luis Tato, Kipkech Lotiatia, Bush, James Apolloh Omenya, couldn’t, “, X, El Niño, Jagan Chapagain, ”, Nyagoah Tut Organizations: CNN — Staff, National Reserve, CNN, Mara National Reserve, Authorities, Cross, Paramilitary, ”, Youth Service, ” International Federation of Red, Red Crescent Societies, Human Rights, “ Kenyan Locations: Mara, Kenya, Nairobi, Mai, Nakuru County, ”, Narok, AFP, Talek, Kenya’s, Africa, East Africa, Tanzania, Burundi, “ Kenya, Nyagoah Tut Pur

☆ Breaking Barriers: Filipino-American entrepreneur charts new territory in fitness industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBreaking Barriers: Filipino-American entrepreneur charts new territory in fitness industryMeet Jose Bendictio IV, a trailblazing Filipino-American entrepreneur who is defying the odds and making waves in the fitness world. As the first in his family to embark on the entrepreneurial journey, he is breaking barriers and inspiring others along the way. His gym, Hooked Boxing and Fitness in Neptune, New Jersey, is more than just a gym—it's a testament to his passion and drive. With determination and ambition, Jose shows that anyone, regardless of background, can turn dreams into reality.

Persons: Jose Bendictio IV, Jose Locations: American, Neptune , New Jersey

☆ Voyager 1 regains communications with NASA after inventive fix
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Voyager 1’s flight data system collects information from the spacecraft’s science instruments and bundles it with engineering data that reflects its current health status. But since November, Voyager 1’s flight data system had been stuck in a loop. By investigating the readout, the team determined the cause of the issue: 3% of the flight data system’s memory is corrupted. Members of the Voyager flight team celebrate after receiving the first coherent data from Voyager 1 in five months at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on April 20. And younger engineers are coming onto the Voyager team and contributing their knowledge to keep the mission going.”

Persons: they’ve, ”, Linda Spilker, “, Suzanne Dodd, “ We’ve, we’ve Organizations: CNN, NASA, Voyager, JPL, Network, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech

☆ Ukraine used a Neptune missile to attack its own warship that Russia stole a decade ago
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Days later, Kyiv revealed that it struck the Konstantin Olshansky landing ship with a missile. Russian forces stole this vessel from Ukraine a decade ago during the annexation of Crimea. AdvertisementUkraine fired a missile at the warship that Russia stole from the country a decade ago, Kyiv revealed, offering new details about a large attack on Moscow's Black Sea Fleet that unfolded over the weekend. The Ukrainian defense ministry said on Tuesday that its forces used a homemade Neptune anti-ship missile to strike the Konstantin Olshansky. Russia had seized this decades-old landing ship, alongside much of Kyiv's navy, during its 2014 illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

Persons: Konstantin Olshansky, — Organizations: Fleet, Russian, Service, Business Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, Russia, Ukrainian, Crimean

☆ Mega Millions jackpot climbs to an estimated $1.1 billion after no grand prize winner Friday
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Sara Smart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —With no winner of the Mega Millions jackpot Friday, the grand prize for Tuesday’s drawing grew past the billion-dollar mark, according to the lottery. While there was no big winner Friday, five tickets matched five of the numbers to win the game’s $1 million prize, Mega Millions said. In August 2023, $1.602 billion was won by a ticket that was purchased in Neptune Beach, Florida, according to the Mega Millions Jackpot history. There has not been a Mega Millions jackpot winner since December 2023, when a prize of $394 million was snagged by two players in California. Mega Millions drawings are held Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m.

Organizations: CNN, Mega, Virginia Locations: Neptune Beach , Florida, California

☆ Astronomers discover a possible water world in the search for a habitable planet, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

But a Canadian research group said the planet is likely too hot for liquid water. Related storiesA liquid ocean is the preferred premise set out in a paper published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Tea Temim (Princeton University)The James Webb telescope has played a key role in advancing the search for habitable planets beyond Earth. AdvertisementOne key that scientists look for in a potentially habitable planet is the presence of liquid water. Planets in this zone are neither too hot nor too cold to support liquid water.

Persons: NASA's James Webb, —, Nikku, Madhusudhan, Björn Benneke, Temim, James Webb Organizations: Guardian, Service, University of Cambridge, NASA, Astrophysics, Cambridge, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, ESA, CSA, Princeton University Locations: TOI

☆ Voyager 1 responds to ‘poke’ sent by NASA engineers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

A new signal recently received from the spacecraft suggests that the NASA mission team may be making progress in its quest to understand what Voyager 1 is experiencing. Voyager 1’s flight data system collects information from the spacecraft’s science instruments and bundles it with engineering data that reflects the current health status of Voyager 1. But since November, Voyager 1’s flight data system has been stuck in a loop. On March 3, the team noticed that activity from one part of the flight data system stood out from the rest of the garbled data. The decoded signal included a readout of the entire flight data system’s memory, according to an update NASA shared.

Persons: ”, Suzanne Dodd Organizations: CNN — Engineers, NASA, Voyager, Network, CNN

☆ What happened to the extra copies of the Voyager mission's golden records
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Elon Musk posted on X that he has a Voyager golden record. Two golden records went to space on the twin Voyager spacecraft. AdvertisementBut his post had me wondering: Who has the original golden records? When I started looking into the golden records, I noticed conflicting numbers for how many originals were created. While the golden records on the Voyager spacecraft are expected to last over a billion years, Lomberg said the probes will probably crash on another planet or star eventually.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Musk, Carter, U.N, General Waldheim, Carter couldn't, Jon Lomberg, Lomberg, Carl Sagan, wasn't, Sagan, Calla Cofield, Cofield Organizations: NASA, Service, SpaceX, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Propulsion Laboratory, Space Center Kennedy Space Center Glenn Research Center Langley Research Center Goddard Space Flight, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian The, United Nations, Langley Research Center, Sotheby's

☆ The Voyager spacecraft will probably last a billion years, says a scientist on the mission for nearly five decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Cummings started working on the Voyager mission when he was a graduate student at Caltech in 1973, about four years before the two spacecraft launched. Voyagers' enduranceThe Voyager mission has been gathering groundbreaking data and photos since the beginning. Before Voyager, Cummings was part of an experiment to measure cosmic rays using a balloon. "It was very fortunate for me," he said, because he was able to then join the Voyager mission. NASA/JPL-CaltechIn 2012, Voyager 1 became the first human-made spacecraft to enter interstellar space and Voyager 2 followed six years later.

Persons: —, Alan Cummings, Cummings, Alan Cummings Voyagers, Saturn, Carl Sagan, Voyagers, they'll, JPL Cummings, There's Organizations: Service, Caltech, Business, Hubble, NASA, Engineers, JPL Locations: Manitoba, Canada, Russia

☆ What’s in Our Queue? ‘Alex Neptune’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Daisuke Wakabayashi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

What’s in Our Queue? ‘Alex Neptune’ and MoreI’m the Asia business correspondent for The New York Times. I live in South Korea, and I write mostly about China. I feel a constant tug of war between wanting to understand the place where I live and the place that I write about frequently. Here are five things I’ve been watching, reading and listening to →

Persons: Alex Neptune ’, I’ve Organizations: The New York Times Locations: Asia, South Korea, China

☆ Fungi mystery: Amphibian found with mushroom growing from its body
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But a newly described mystery involving a mushroom and a frog suggests that fungi’s role in the environment is anything but black-and-white. Once upon a planetA golden-backed frog is seen with a small mushroom (right) growing out of its body. Elsewhere in our solar system, space scientists have spotted three faint and tiny moons orbiting the outermost planets in the Milky Way: Uranus and Neptune. — A dead star that feasted on a planet once in its orbit could foretell the eventual fate of our own solar system. They find wonder in planets beyond our solar system and discoveries from the ancient world.

Persons: Lohit, Dimorphos, ”, Dr, Sabina Raducan, it’s, Ralf Britz, Britz, Here’s, Odysseus, Odie, —, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, NASA, DART, University of Bern’s Physics, CNN Space, Science Locations: Indian, Karnataka, Dimorphos, Switzerland, Myanmar, Dresden, Germany, Roman Britain, United States

☆ Opinion | Men Are From Mercury, Women Are From Neptune
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Studies are showing that Gen Z men and women are getting further apart politically,” one student asked. Why are we different from other generations?”He was referring to a recent Gallup poll showing an immense political gender gap between 18- to 29-year-old women and men, driven mainly by young women turning sharply left. To begin with, the shift leftward among young women began before #MeToo, Trump’s election and Dobbs. Globally, women are moving sharply left while men are moving modestly right (except in South Korea, where men are moving significantly to the right). It’s that they’re less relevant than a series of seismic cultural changes that have led young men and young women to live increasingly separate lives — and the more they do so, the more they’ll have separate experiences and develop separate beliefs.

Persons: Donald Trump, Court’s Dobbs, Dobbs, It’s Organizations: Asbury University Locations: Lexington, Ky, South Korea

☆ Three new moons discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system. In the future, the tiny satellite will be named after a Shakespearean character, in keeping with the tradition of Uranus’ moons bearing literary names. He worked with Marina Brozovic and Bob Jacobson of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, to determine the moon’s orbit. The outer moons orbiting all the giant planets across our solar system — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune — share similar configurations. “Even Uranus, which is tipped on its side, has a similar moon population to the other giant planets orbiting our Sun,” Sheppard said.

Persons: ”, Scott S, Sheppard, Marina Brozovic, Bob Jacobson, Scott Sheppard, David Tholen, Chad Trujillo, Patryk Sofia Lykawka, ” Sheppard, Neptune Organizations: CNN —, Carnegie Institution for Science, Planet, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carnegie Science, Subaru, University of Hawaii, Northern Arizona University, Kindai University Locations: Chile, Pasadena , California, Kea, Japan, Neptune

☆ Luxury space-tourism company shows off its capsule designed to float to the edge of space with a massive balloon
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An aerospace startup has unveiled the test capsule for its luxury space tourism experience. It's the latest commercial spacecraft for suborbital flight, after Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. Space Perspective, a Florida-based startup, recently unveiled a test capsule for its new Neptune spacecraft. The company touts the pressurized Neptune capsule as "the largest human spacecraft in operation" aside from space stations like the ISS. Space Perspective"The space capsule is like nothing the world has ever seen," cofounder Taber MacCallum said in a statement.

Persons: —, Neptune, Shepard, Dezeen, Taber MacCallum, Jane Poynter, Space.com Organizations: Virgin Galactic, Service, Virgin, US Air Force Locations: Florida

☆ Water molecules found on asteroids thought to be ‘completely dry’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Water molecules have been detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time, proving that these remnants from the formation of our solar system aren’t just dried-up space rocks. Searching for water across the solar systemThe researchers attempted to look for water on two other asteroids using SOFIA, but the detection was too faint. Now, the team is using the James Webb Space Telescope to zero in on different asteroids and search for water signatures. “We really weren’t expecting to find water on these silicate-rich asteroids,” Arredondo said. I want to know if the carbon-rich asteroids have significantly more water than silicate-rich asteroids, or if they have similar amounts.”

Persons: Iris, Massalia, SOFIA, Anicia, Maggie McAdam, Arredondo, ” Arredondo, McAdam’s, James Webb, Webb, “, ” Webb, REx Organizations: CNN, Astronomy, Boeing, SOFIA, Science, Southwest Research Institute, NASA’s Ames Research Locations: SOFIA, San Antonio, Mountain View , California, Iris

☆ Some tianeptine products recalled as CDC links drug to ‘cluster of severe illness’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Neptune Resources, which makes some tianeptine products, has issued a nationwide recall, according to an announcement posted this week. Products that contain tianeptine are sold under several brand names, including Pegasus and Zaza, the CDC says. The FDA has issued a warning urging consumers not to purchase or use tianeptine products due to serious risks including seizures, loss of consciousness and death. In recent years, at least two deaths related to tianeptine products marketed as dietary supplements have been reported to the FDA, data shows. Nine people said they had used tianeptine previously; six ingested tianeptine along with other substances, including alprazolam, kratom, tramadol, trazodone and gabapentin.

Persons: ”, Zaza, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, Centers for Disease Control, Neptune Resources, Resources, Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Pegasus, CDC, Neptune, Jersey Poison Control, CNN Health Locations: Neptune, Europe, Asia, Latin America, United States, Jersey

☆ Hubble finds water vapor in small exoplanet’s atmosphere
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected water molecules in the atmosphere of a small, blazing-hot exoplanet 97 light-years from Earth. The planet, named GJ 9827d, is about twice Earth’s diameter, and it’s the smallest exoplanet found to have water vapor in its atmosphere, according to a new study. Starlight filtering through the planet’s atmosphere helped astronomers measure the signature of water molecules. It’s possible that the planet is a mini-Neptune with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere that contains water vapor. Or astronomers suspect that GJ 9827d could be a warmer version of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, which contains an ocean beneath a thick, icy crust.

Persons: ”, Laura Kreidberg, Max Planck, Björn Benneke, Hubble, Ian Crossfield, Pierre, Alexis Roy, we’re, ” Benneke, “, GJ, Benneke, Thomas Greene, James Webb, Webb, ” Kreidberg Organizations: CNN —, Hubble, Max, Max Planck Institute, Astronomy, University of Montreal’s Trottier Institute for Research, University of Kansas, University of Montreal’s Trottier Institute, GJ 9827d, NASA’s Ames Research, James Webb Space Telescope, ”, 9827d Locations: Heidelberg, Germany, Lawrence , Kansas, Silicon

☆ NASA hopes to get the Voyager spacecraft to their 50th anniversary with clever engineering and difficult choices
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

From close-up views of Jupiter to a stunning look a Saturn's rings , the Voyager probes have helped shape our understanding of the solar system. AdvertisementNASA's Voyager probes entered interstellar space in 2012 and 2018. It would take another 50 years for another vehicle to reach interstellar space, Dodd said. NASA tested and launched the Voyager probes in the 1970s. AdvertisementThe Voyager probes are carrying golden records that could communicate with aliens.

Persons: —, They've, Suzanne Dodd, Dodd, it's, Dodd isn't Organizations: NASA, Service, Voyager, JPL, Caltech, CalTech

1 UConn with 2:43 left in the game that settled a fantastic Big East matchup, Tristen Newton scored 25 points and the Huskies held off persistent Villanova 66-65 at a packed Wells Fargo Center on Saturday night. Cam Spencer had 14 points for the Huskies (17-2, 7-1 Big East), who are 2-0 since they were voted No. 1 the AP Top 25 in the regular season for the first time in 15 years. They’ve won seven straight games and won’t play against a ranked team -- as of this week’s poll -- until Feb. 17 against No. The Wildcats play Wednesday at St. John's.

Persons: — Alex Karaban, Tristen Newton, Cam Spencer, They’ve, Jay Wright, Tyler Burton, Newton, Justin Moore, Moore, TJ Bamba, Kyle Neptune, Saint Joseph’s, Dan Hurley, Donovan Clingan, Villanova's Mark Armstrong, Xavier, John's, ___ Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, UConn, Huskies, Villanova, Wells Fargo Center, Big East, Big, of Fame, Wildcats, NBA, North, NCAA, AP Locations: Wells, Florida, Marquette, That’s, Villanova, North Carolina, SportsBook, St

☆ A giant, boiling, shrinking planet has a tail stretching 350,000 miles into space, astronomers discover
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Astronomers have nabbed a rare opportunity to watch a planet shrink in real-time. The Jupiter-sized planet, located 160 light years away, is orbiting its host star so closely that the star is boiling the planet's atmosphere. The boiling is so intense, that the world has developed a comet-like tail stretching 350,000 miles behind it, scientists announced on Tuesday. Don't retire on this planetThe planet, called WASP-69b, circles very closely to its star, completing an orbit in under four days. Because it's so large, it takes much longer to lose its atmosphere, giving scientists plenty of time to study it.

Persons: Don't, Dakotah Tyler, Erik Petigura Organizations: Service, Business, American Astronomical Society, NASA, JPL, Caltech

☆ If you thought the planet Neptune was a deep blue color, turns out you're wrong
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Neptune, long believed to be dark blue, is actually very pale like Uranus, scientists say. Related storiesFor decades, famous images from NASA's Voyager 2 mission have circulated showing Neptune in a deep azure tone. Side-by-side comparison of the Voyager 2 images of Neptune and Uranus as reprocessed by scientists at the University of Oxford. Voyager 2's images of Uranus, from 1986, however, were published in a form closer to "true" color, he added. Neptune is just a touch bluer, which the researchers attribute to a thinner haze layer on the planet.

Persons: —, Patrick Irwin, Neptune, Irwin Organizations: NASA's, Service, University of Oxford, Oxford, NASA, JPL, Caltech, Handout, Reuters, Guardian, Hubble, Southern

☆ CNN took an 11-day cruise through some of the most-contested waters on Earth. Here’s what we learned
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

China claims almost all of the 1.3 million-square-mile South China Sea as its sovereign territory. In daylight hours in the South China Sea, from Ottawa’s flight deck or outdoor bridge wings, Chinese warships are often visible to the naked eye. Aviator Gregory Cole/Canadian Armed Forces PhotoOn October 29, things take a potentially dangerous turn, one that could have cost lives and ratcheted up tensions in the South China Sea to new levels. Radar operators scan their instruments in a Canadian antisubmarine warfare helicopter over the East China Sea. Hammerhead targets drones await their fate on the deck of the frigate HMCS Ottawa in the South China Sea.

Persons: Sam Patchell, Jacob Broderick ,, Ben Hughes, Gregory Cole, he’s, “, King Neptune, Xi Jinping, Brad Lendon, Rafael Peralta, Collin Koh, ” Patchell, Patchell, Aviator Gregory Cole, ”, haven’t, Xi, Rob Millen, they’d, Long, Peralta, It’s, Qinetiq, Noble, That’s, Cmdr, Sean Milley, Christine Hurov, Wally Shirra, it’s, Wally Schirra, Loverboy’s, Australia’s, doesn’t, We’ll Organizations: HMCS, HMCS Ottawa CNN, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada, United, Naval Warfare Officers, Canadian Armed Forces, US Navy, Ottawa, CNN, Canada’s Defense Ministry, Chinese Communist Party, Coast Guard, Rajaratnam, of International Studies, People’s Liberation Army Navy, PLA Navy, United Nations, Ottawa's, Cyclone, Canadian, Royal Canadian Air Force, Chinese Defense Ministry, Pentagon, troika, Peralta, Brisbane, CNN Radio, New, New Zealand Navy’s, Cmdr, HMNZS Aotearoa, Australian, Southern Hemisphere, One Locations: HMCS Ottawa, Taiwan, Ottawa, China, United States, Canadian, South China, Gaza, Ukraine, East, Washington, Singapore, Beijing, Spratly, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Chinese, South, East China, CNN Beijing, Canada, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Australian, Brisbane, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Okinawa, replenishments, Aotearoa, American, Ottawa’s

☆ Cape Town’s ‘urban’ baboons: How to live with our primate cousins
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —More than half of the world’s population live in urban areas where nature can feel like a distant concern. Thriving ecosystems do, however, exist within our cities — even beneath our feet — and embracing urban nature can be a powerful force for change. Cape Town’s baboons can often be found rummaging through garbage cans and around backyards, putting them at greater risk of conflict with humans. Easy access to food from Cape Town’s trash means baboons spend less time and energy foraging, and more on socializing with potential mates and the rest of their group. The city has begun taking proactive measures to keep them away from Cape Town’s outskirts and in their natural hillside habitat.

Persons: CNN —, Corey Arnold, denning, Lawrence Hylton, Neil Zeller, Gizem, Harvard University’s, Mary Cleave, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, Southern, DreamWorks, Gizem Gumuskaya Tufts University Scientists, Tufts University, Harvard, Harvard University’s Wyss, NASA, Challenger, Tasmanian, CNN Space, Science Locations: West London, city’s, Cape Town , South Africa, backyards, Cape Town’s, California, Hong, New Territories, Shing Mun, Canadian, Guatemala

☆ Astronomers surprised to find planet 'too massive for its star'
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] An undated handout image shows an artistic rendering of the mass comparison of the star LHS 3154 and its planet LHS 3154b, and our own Earth and Sun. The mass ratio of this planet with its star is more than 100 times greater than that of Earth and the sun. "We discovered a planet that is too massive for its star," said Penn State astronomer Suvrath Mahadevan, one of the leaders of the study published this week in the journal Science. The planet, called LHS 3154 b, orbits at about 2.3% of Earth's orbital distance from the sun, circling its star every 3.7 days. So a very low mass star should have a disk that is also low mass.

Persons: Suvrath Mahadevan, Guðmundur Stefánsson, Stefánsson, Mahadevan, Will Dunham, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: LHS, Penn State University, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Penn State, Princeton University, University of Texas, McDonald, Thomson

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