‘Are we really special?’: James Webb’s latest images of exoplanets in HR 8799 may hold clue
NASA’s James Webb Telescope captured detailed images of HR 8799’s exoplanets, revealing new insights into their formation, ...
This Newly Found Exoplanet Is So Light, Scientists Don’t Know What It’s Made Of
Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a glimpse into planetary types missing from our own solar system but common in the ...
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JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.
Potential future human worlds? Earth-like planets found circling 2nd-closest star system to us
Researchers have discovered four Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star using advanced telescopes. These planets ...
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Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired exoplanet-hunter finds
"There really is something very different about how these giant planets form versus how small planets like Earth form." ...
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Webb Telescope’s First-Ever Exoplanet CO2 Discovery Stuns Scientists, NASA Says
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved a groundbreaking feat by directly observing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the ...
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After 50 Years of Searching for Exoplanets, We Found Our Smallest Cosmic Neighbors Orbiting Local Star
These rather small planets are a stone's throw from Earth in galactic terms, but were too small for previous instruments to ...
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4 tiny, Earth-like planets found circling 2nd-closest star system to us — and could be visited by future human generations
A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...
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A Super-Venus? Astronomers Discover an Exoplanet Unlike Anything in Our Solar System
For decades, astronomers have classified exoplanets into neat categories: rocky Earth-like planets, gas giants like Jupiter, ...
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Young Stars, Tantrums, and the Fate of Close-In Planets
What can a star’s behavior teach scientists about the formation and evolution of sub-Neptune exoplanets, which comprise one ...
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Searching for Extraterrestrial Life on Hycean Worlds
What can methyl halides, which are gases that consist of one carbon and three hydrogen atoms while being attached to a ...
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Newfound Exoplanets around Barnard’s Star Resolve Long-Standing Astronomical Quest
Four small, newly discovered worlds are less than six light-years away from Earth, and their discovery reinforces a ...