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Exoplanets that cling too tightly to their stars trigger their own doom: 'This is a completely new phenomenon'
Some planets take the expression "you're your own worst enemy" to the extreme — triggering stellar flares from their own parent stars by being too clingy.
NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world
With the aid of NASA's exoplanet-hunter TESS, citizen scientists have discovered a new gas giant that is cool, literally and figuratively.
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its 1st exoplanet and snapped its picture (image)
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet, TWA 7b which is also the lightest exoplanet ever to be directly imaged.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers planets forming in space's most punishing environments
James Webb Space Telescope finds exoplanets in extreme environments that could potentially be habitable.
JWST spies frigid alien world on bizarre orbit: 'One of the coldest, oldest and faintest planets that we've imaged to date'
The James Webb Space Telescope has notched another milestone, capturing a direct image of one of the coldest and oldest known exoplanets.
Proposed NASA radio probe could use gravity 'lumpiness' to reveal the insides of alien worlds
A new probe in development known as GIRO represents a low-cost step toward unlocking the secrets of the outer planets, all through the invisible pull of gravity.
James Webb Space Telescope sees 1st exoplanet raining sand alongside 'sandcastle' partner world
In two related firsts, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered sand-filled rains on a distant exoplanet as its "sandcastle" partner world forms from sandy matter before the eyes of astronomers.
A hidden 'super-Earth' exoplanet is dipping in and out of its habitable zone
With 10 times the mass of our planet, and spending only part of its orbit in the habitable zone, Kepler-725c is very different to Earth.
