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This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere
The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.
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What's the difference between a young exoplanet and an old one?
A new study compares young and old exoplanets to uncover how worlds shrink, migrate and evolve over time — offering insights ...
The closest potentially Earth-like exoplanet probably can't host life
Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...
Scientists discover four Earth-like planets orbiting Barnard's Star
Scientists have discovered four new Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard's Star, just six light-years away. Using ...
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2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system
The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
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When Was the First Exoplanet Discovered?
So in some sense, alien worlds were not first discovered in the 1990s or even the 1980s. It took nearly a century to fully ...
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From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
Smallest rocky exoplanets: NASA spots Earth-like planets circling Barnard’s Star, but there's a catch
The quartet of planets — named b, c, d and e — are some of the smallest rocky worlds ever detected. NASA says each has a mass ...
NASA’s TESS telescope uncovers strange exoplanet 250 light-years from Earth
NASA's TESS telescope has discovered an intriguing exoplanet, TOI-1453 c, located 250 light-years away, with an unusually low ...
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5 of the Strangest and Most Dangerous Exoplanets Ever Discovered
Learn what planet rains molten iron and which planet has two moons like Tatooine in Star Wars.
Webb telescope directly observes exoplanet COâ‚‚ for first time
The James Webb Space Telescope has directly observed the key chemical of carbon dioxide in planets outside of our solar ...
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 ...