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What is an exoplanet, and why are they important?
Exoplanets come up a lot these days, usually in headlines about distant stars, strange atmospheres, or the possibility of ...
Webb telescope discovered a bizarre exoplanet with carbon atmosphere, no hydrogen, orbiting a super-dense spinning star.
SPACE (KXAN) — A star flying through the night sky may be the fastest-moving solar system in our galaxy. Possibly a planet a little larger than Neptune orbiting a small star, the system could be ...
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The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025
In 2025, astronomers sharpened their view of the planetary system around Proxima Centauri — the sun's closest stellar ...
An exoplanet the size of Jupiter has long intrigued astronomers because of its scorching temperatures, screaming winds and sideways rain made of glass. Now, data from the James Webb Space Telescope ...
What can carbon dioxide in an exoplanet’s atmosphere teach us about its formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as an international ...
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Kepler 452b and several exoplanets are similar to Earth, but there's not an exact twin
What planet is most like Earth? Reseachers have identified several exoplanets similar to our planet, but none that are an ...
Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, March 21 at 11 a.m. for the talk "Looking Ahead to the Future of Exoplanet Climate Modeling" by Linda E. Sohl. Abstract: For ...
Astronomers have discovered a relatively cool and small exoplanet orbiting a nearby star, with a “year” of several months. The find offers a rare opportunity to study planets and solar systems like ...
Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered PSR J2322-2650b, a bizarre lemon-shaped exoplanet with a carbon-rich ...
Astronomers studying a nearby star expected to find a planet. Instead, they caught two massive collisions in the Eye of ...
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