extrasolar planets
Why puffy exoplanets often dance with perfect rhythm
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Sub-Neptune planets that dance in time with the rest of their planetary systems are less dense than those that don’t, planetary scientists ...
Massive new NASA exoplanet catalog unveils 126 extreme and exotic worlds
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A new catalog of 126 worlds beyond the solar system contains a cornucopia of newly discovered planets — some have extreme and ...
NASA’s TESS spacecraft resumes exoplanet hunt after recovering from glitch
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NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is back in action, searching for worlds beyond the solar system’s limits. TESS came out ...
James Webb Space Telescope makes rare detection of 2 exoplanets orbiting dead stars
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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already proven itself adept at peering into the past by imaging objects at tremendous distances, ...
These Rogue Worlds Upend the Theory of How Planets Form
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“We know from direct imaging searches of young stars that very few stars have giant planets in [wide] orbits,” Bate said. “It is ...
In the quest to find alien life, scientists are searching for extrasolar Earth-Jupiter duos
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An illustration of an Earth-like planet being watched over by a Jupiter-like giant planet with a small sun in the distance. Scientists ...
