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Newly Discovered Exoplanet Is So Light, Scientists Have No Idea What It’s Made Of
Astronomers have identified an ultra-light exoplanet orbiting the star TOI-1453, located 250 light-years from Earth. While ...
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Unlocking Alien Worlds: Scientists Develop New Technique To Detect Water on Exoplanets
Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...
Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away
It's rare for any observatory to directly image a planet beyond our solar system, called an exoplanet, but the powerful James ...
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Astronomers Spotted a Disk Orbiting a Star in Another Galaxy
"We know discs are vital to forming stars and planets in our galaxy, and here, for the first time, we're seeing direct ...
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Exoplanets: Alien Worlds
However, the hunt is still on for a truly Earthlike planet, one with the right size, temperature, and composition to host liquid water—and ... The transit method, another popular technique ...
Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes research suggests more Earth-like planets may exist
A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...