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                            <title><![CDATA[ Latest from Space.com in Exoplanets ]]></title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope finds a salty surprise on famous 'Pink Planet' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that one of the coldest exoplanets ever discovered, the so-called Pink Planet, harbors a salty surprise. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:35:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Pink Planet GJ504b and the salty clouds discovered by the JWST]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Pink Planet GJ504b and the salty clouds discovered by the JWST]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Sun-like star may have swallowed an exoplanet with help from a mysterious companion: 'You are what you eat, right?' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/sun-like-star-may-have-swallowed-an-exoplanet-with-help-from-a-mysterious-companion-you-are-what-you-eat-right</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "That's what makes this field so exciting. You really are solving a mystery." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Stars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows the star TOI-5882 devouring a planet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows the star TOI-5882 devouring a planet.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ One of these twin stars has likely been snacking on exoplanets ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/one-of-these-twin-stars-has-likely-been-snacking-on-exoplanets</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered chemical differences between binary stars that indicate one has devoured at least one planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:16:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a star devouring a planet as its binary partner looks on.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing a yellow scorching star with a reddish exoplanet in front of it that&#039;s getting destroyed.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An illustration showing a yellow scorching star with a reddish exoplanet in front of it that&#039;s getting destroyed.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope discovers extreme exoplanet being roasted by its home star ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Who ordered the roasted exoplanet? Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found a world that really puts the "hot" in "Hot Jupiter." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Illustration shows the exoplanet HD 80606 b as it is roasted by its host star.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration shows the exoplanet HD 80606 b as it is roasted by its host star]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope forecasts extreme weather on exoplanet that rains rubies and sapphires ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "With its unprecedented observational quality, JWST gives us the most detailed glimpses into distant planets to date." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:17:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rCFPgrjWr5CMRCoGoe5iZL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This is an artist’s impression of the gas giant exoplanet WASP-121b. The bloated planet is so close to its star that the tidal pull of the star stretches it into an egg shape. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a bright star toward the left top of the image. There is a pinkish, slightly stretched-out exoplanet toward the center-right-lower area.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We were astonished': Millions of exoplanets could be born near active supermassive black holes ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/we-were-astonished-millions-of-exoplanets-could-be-born-near-active-supermassive-black-holes</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We were totally amazed when we noticed this mass and size range of planet formation." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:34:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows planets migrating away from a supermassive black hole.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a black hole with planets in front of it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Masters of the Universe' is spacier than we expected (and it's awesome) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/masters-of-the-universe-is-spacier-than-we-expected-and-its-awesome</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Let's take a look at the movie's 10 spaciest moments ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Space Movies &amp; Shows]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Gohd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PpoqDyMJKoDXTDYaLgMg3N.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;Masters of the Universe&quot; (2026) is spacier than we expected.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(l-r): Roboto (Kristen Wiig), Man At Arms (Idris Elba), Adam (Nicholas Galitzine), Teela (Camila Mendes) and Cringer in MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Most exoplanets might be 'soot factories,' scientists say: 'Like you have a natural diesel engine' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A chemical engineer noticed that the spectra of the hazy atmosphere of mini-Neptune planets looked like the soot produced by combustion engines. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:04:05 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jGWZmvsyivQZZfmLoRdQR.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Louise Lerner]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A black and white illustration showing a bunch of black circles releasing soot.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A black and white illustration showing a bunch of black circles releasing soot.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Hot Jupiter' winds blasting at over 15,000 mph reveal 1st evidence of exoplanets with magnetic fields ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of magnetic worlds beyond the solar system thanks to their high-speed, violent winds, representing a major step forward in exoplanet research. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:42:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESO/M. Kornmesser, L. Calçada]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This illustration shows magnetic activity in an exoplanet. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How do you study an invisible exoplanet? Astronomers discover planetary 'fingerprints' in the rings around stars ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ How do you weigh a planet you can't see? Astronomers may have the answer and it involves "reading between the rings," the bright beautiful structures exoplanets create. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the PDS 70 system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A Jupiter-looking world against a cosmic background. An orange star is seen toward the left.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The most common type of planet in the galaxy may not look anything like Earth on the inside ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The familiar concept of a planetary core, a small, dense metallic heart we take for granted, may be the exception rather than the rule for exoplanets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7b82ETmxFckHcwPUQsysgS.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[a cross section of a planet showing a white-hot molten core, with a starry background]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a cross section of a planet showing a white-hot molten core, with a starry background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS reveals its most complete look at the night sky yet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ TESS has released its most complete view of the sky over Earth, revealing the location of 6,000 potential worlds beyond the solar system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:46:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ NASA/MIT/TESS and Veselin Kostov (University of Maryland College Park)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By Sept 2025, TESS had discovered 679 exoplanets (blue dots) and 5,165 candidates (orange dots). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By Sept 2025, TESS had discovered 679 exoplanets (blue dots) and 5,165 candidates (orange dots). ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How an exoplanet odd couple survived by traveling in from the cold together ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ By probing the atmosphere of a mini-Neptune exoplanet, the James Webb Space Telescope has found that it formed much farther from its star than it is today, possibly explaining the origin of many other mini-Neptunes in the process. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jGWZmvsyivQZZfmLoRdQR.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the mini-Neptune TOI-1130b and its hot Jupiter companion, TOI-1130c, which both formed further out from their star before migrating inward.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blue planet on the left surrounded by ice and on the right is a red large planet.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is Tatooine the norm? Planets may prefer living with two suns instead of one ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/is-tatooine-the-norm-planets-may-prefer-living-with-two-suns-instead-of-one</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than single-star systems. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:59:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rCFPgrjWr5CMRCoGoe5iZL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Teasdale et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Screenshot from a simulation of a protoplanetary disc around a binary star becoming gravitationally unstable and fragmenting to form planets.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Red-orange concentric circles have a few white dots in them. There are two dots in the very center.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's TESS spacecraft discovers a weird system of exoplanets unlike anything seen before ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/nasas-tess-spacecraft-discovers-a-weird-system-of-exoplanets-unlike-anything-seen-before</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Most planetary systems appear as 'peas in a pod.' This is not the case in the TOI-201 system." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting its star with very different siblings]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting its star with very different siblings]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Making contact with ET? Aliens may already know we're here ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/making-contact-with-et-aliens-may-already-know-were-here</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth is dotted with many humongous, human-made structures. To an alien eye, they may be tell-tale signs of intelligent goings-on, betraying our existence and hinting at our capabilities. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:13:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PCEVx3ScYcaEDjVR8NLHDS.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Topaz Solar Farm in California, which covers 9.5 square miles (25.6 square kilometers), as seen from space.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Topaz Solar Farm in California, which covers 9.5 square miles (25.6 square kilometers), as seen from space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA's next great observatory, is finally complete ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/the-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-nasas-next-great-observatory-is-finally-complete</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is set to launch this coming September, has the potential to show us pockets of the cosmos we've yet to touch. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:31:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:25:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Monisha Ravisetti ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5p3Rix3sKiFo2yrevNbAYn.jpeg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Jolearra Tshiteya]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Engineers at NASA&#039;s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, complete the final integration of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope&#039;s major components on Nov. 25, 2025, joining the spacecraft and telescope assemblies in the facility&#039;s largest clean room.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three large solar panels hang in the back of a cleanroom warehouse room where two workers dressed in white suits stand in the foreground]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How do supergiant exoplanets form? James Webb Space Telescope finds a clue ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/how-do-supergiant-exoplanets-form-james-webb-space-telescope-finds-a-clue</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated the giant exoplanet 29 Cygni b — work that could clarify the line between planets and stars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:42:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                    <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the exoplanet 29 Cygni b.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the exoplanet 29 Cygni b]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where should we send a real 'Hail Mary' spacecraft? A new study has the answers ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/entertainment/space-movies-shows/where-could-we-send-a-real-hail-mary-spacecraft-a-new-study-has-the-answers</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new atlas of 45 potentially habitable planets makes us think of the new film "Project Hail Mary," based on the book by Andy Weir. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:31:51 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Joanna Thompson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LhuagdajCqSnK4Myyrd2zi.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Amazon MGM Studios]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A still from Project Hail Mary (2026).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an astronaut floats above a swirling green planet]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ These 45 exoplanets may be the best places to search for alien life ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/these-45-exoplanets-may-be-the-best-places-to-search-for-alien-life</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new catalog of potentially habitable exoplanets provides the framework for future observations in the search for alien life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:13:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stefanie Waldek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iua2fTTZbPAec7YStmkhC5.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[On the left, a giant orange arc emerges, rising slightly. between that, all the way right, through the middle, seven planets of varying colors and texturs.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 100 new alien worlds: Scientists find hidden haul in data from NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/100-new-alien-worlds-scientists-find-hidden-haul-in-data-from-nasa-exoplanet-hunting-spacecraft</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered an additional 100 new worlds in data collected by NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, thanks to an innovative AI program. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Robert Lea (created with Canva)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the TESS exoplanet hunter detecting close-in planets around a distant star.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of an exoplanet next to a star. There&#039;s also a smaller world in the back. A boxout shows a spacecraft.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists discover mirror of our solar system in 2 exoplanets forming around a star ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have spotted two planets forming around a distant infant star, offering a time capsule into see what the solar system looked like billions of years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:50:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[ESO/C. Lawlor, R. F. van Capelleveen et al.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The young star WISPIT 2 as seen by the VLT with two forming protoplanets indicated.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An object with gray wispy rings around. A small dot next to it says WISPIT 2b and an enlarged spot even closer to it (magnified in a boxout) says WISPIT 2c.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The loneliest places in the universe might actually be some of the best places for life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Extreme exomoons with tidal heating and thick, hydrogen-rich atmospheres may be able to create billions of years of potentially habitable surface conditions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7b82ETmxFckHcwPUQsysgS.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Illustration of a free-floating planet. These planets are odd in that, unlike most extrasolar objects, they do not seem to be in orbit around a star - they are free-floating planets drifting between the stars and galaxies. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a striped red orb on a starry background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can't penetrate ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ These worlds are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a mysterious smog. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:40:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jGWZmvsyivQZZfmLoRdQR.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the Kepler-51 system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of three exoplanets in space. There&#039;s also a star in the background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers discover a new type of planet that probably smells like rotten eggs ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered an example of a new class of exoplanet, and it smells like rotten eggs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:12:06 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of L 98-59 d, a smelly world indeed]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of L 98-59 d, a smelly world indeed]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Completely bonkers': Astronomers find evidence of a cataclysmic collision between exoplanets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have witnessed evidence of an extremely violent collision between planets, and it resembles the event in Earth's history that created the moon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:47:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Andy Tzanidakis]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows two planets colliding around the star Gaia20ehk.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows two planets colliding around the star Gaia20ehk]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The world's 1st private space telescope just spotted its 1st star. Here's what it saw. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/the-worlds-1st-private-space-telescope-just-spotted-its-1st-star-heres-what-it-saw</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The world's first commercial space telescope has released its first image as it begins its journey to help track nearby stars that might host habitable exoplanets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:40:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tereza Pultarova ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DtBEJHEfFqdaPxGrpMxNyX.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Mauve commercial space telescope measured ultraviolet light from one of the brightest stars in the Ursa Major constellation.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Mauve commercial space telescope measured ultraviolet light from one of the brightest stars in the Ursa Major constellation.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why don't more Tatooine-like exoplanets exist in our Milky Way galaxy? Astronomers might have an answer ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the "Star Wars" planet Tatooine, are so scarce in our galaxy — and it has to do with general relativity. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stefanie Waldek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iua2fTTZbPAec7YStmkhC5.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of an Earth-like planet orbiting binary stars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a planet that looks like Earth, and it has twin sunds.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A mystery object is dimming a distant star. Could it be a massive exoplanet, or a 'failed star'? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a 'failed star' brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[(Main) illustration of a dimming event caused by a mystery object (Inset) A &#039;failed star&#039; brown dwarf, one of the candidates for this object]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[(Main) illustration of a dimming event caused by a mystery object (Inset) A &#039;failed star&#039; brown dwarf, one of the candidates for this object]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Scientists have found a weird 'inside out' planetary system. Here's what it looks like ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have discovered a planetary system that appears to flip one of astronomy's most reliable rules on its head. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 12:56:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LdZ6fcKRp4NCUxWWrDdw4S.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[LHS 1903 is a small red M-dwarf star that is cooler and shines less brightly than our Sun. Scientists used telescopes in space and on Earth to discover four planets orbiting LHS 1903. With those telescopes, they classified the three closest planets to the star as the innermost being rocky, and the two that follow it gas giants. (Note that the distances and sizes of the planets are not to scale — the outer fourth planet is much smaller than the other three planets in the system.)]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a red star in the background four other planets in front of it.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Life on Earth is lucky: A rare chemical fluke may have made our planet habitable ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:10:55 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LdZ6fcKRp4NCUxWWrDdw4S.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away on July 6, 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away on July 6, 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ A 'cold Earth' exoplanet just 146 light-years away might be in its star's habitable zone  —  if it exists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The planet is one of the best worlds for follow-up studies to determine whether it could be habitable or not. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:31:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jGWZmvsyivQZZfmLoRdQR.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/JPL–Caltech/Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC).]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of HD 137010b.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A blue and brown exoplanet sits in the darkness of space, part of its left side covered by shadow]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:45:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Corless ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HQQSg2pgBZyMHXrZp77uEJ.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Goldilocks zone, or habitable zone, is the sweet spot around a star where we might find planets like our own, but should scientists start hunting for life beyond this region]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Goldilocks zone, or habitable zone, is the sweet spot around a star where we might find planets like our own.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers discover the 'growing pains' of teenage exoplanets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We've often seen the 'baby pictures' of planets forming, but until now, the 'teenage years' have been a missing link." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Protoplanetary disks seen by ALMA as part of the ARKS project.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Protoplanetary disks seen by ALMA as part of the ARKS project]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Super-Earth exoplanets may have built-in magnetic protection from churning magma — and that's good news for life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rCFPgrjWr5CMRCoGoe5iZL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new experiment created the pressure experienced at the core of an alien world more than three times larger than Earth — a super-Earth — to investigate what happens to materials in its depths.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A new experiment created the pressure experienced at the core of an alien world more than three times larger than Earth — a super-Earth — to investigate what happens to materials in its depths.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Wobbling exoplanet hints at a hidden exomoon so massive it could redefine the word 'moon' altogether ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:31:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration showing the gas giant planet HD 206893 B and its potential exomoon]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration showing the gas giant planet HD 206893 B and its potential exomoon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How to make a super-Earth: The universe's most common planets are whittled down by stellar radiation ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jGWZmvsyivQZZfmLoRdQR.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the four bloated planets orbiting V1298 Tau as they lose their atmospheres to space. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A series of small blue planets swirl around a golden sun in the top left corner in deep space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:31:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Carole Haswell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NAuh2QEY5d3ugKZMqYyvdK-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows an ultra short period planet with a trail of gas and dust following it.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows an ultra short period planet with a traile of gas and dust following it]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers discover cosmic hamburger has the potential to grow giant planets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The combination of extreme disk size, strong asymmetries, winds, and potential planet formation makes it the perfect laboratory for understanding how giant planets can form." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:07:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of Gomez’s Hamburger with its stacked layers of gas and dust swirling around a young star.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of Gomez’s Hamburger with its stacked layers of gas and dust swirling  around a young star.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The 2026 'Super Bowl of Astronomy' starts today — here's what's happening ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers are gathering in Phoenix this week for the 247th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS 247), where the latest discoveries from exoplanets, JWST and upcoming space missions will take center stage. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:13:46 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LdZ6fcKRp4NCUxWWrDdw4S.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image from the James Webb Space Telescope captures dwarf galaxies NGC 4490 on the left and NGC 4485 glowing at the upper right, connected by a glowing bridge of gas and dust dotted with bright blue star-forming regions.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A glowing cloud of red gas and dust mixed in with bright dots for stars in deep space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers detect rare 'free floating' exoplanet 10,000 light-years from Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have detected a "free floating" rogue planet the size of Saturn drifting through the Milky Way some 10,000 light-years from Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:31:41 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ cqchoi@sciwriter.us (Charles Q. Choi) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RFpKKa82rLFLtHZpeicnMB.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a free-floating planet gravitationally microlensing a distant star in the galactic center. Two magnified images of the source star surround the planet, a phenomenon known as an Einstein ring. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of a brown-and-red-striped planet on a starry background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 8 astronomy discoveries that wowed us in 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here are eight of the most spectacular astronomical discoveries of 2025. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4jGWZmvsyivQZZfmLoRdQR.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A closeup of &quot;leopard spots&quot; on Mars seen by the Perseverance rover.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A closeup of &quot;leopard spots&quot; on Mars seen by the Perseverance rover.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The most exciting exoplanet discoveries of 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New discoveries and fresh looks at familiar worlds show how far exoplanet science has come — and how much remains unknown. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rCFPgrjWr5CMRCoGoe5iZL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the various exoplanets found, with rows of colorful planets of all colors and sizes over a dark background]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s illustration of the various exoplanets found, with rows of colorful planets of all colors and sizes over a dark background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers capture 1st direct images of collisions in a nearby star system: 'It's like looking back in time' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It's like looking back in time in a sense, to that violent period of our solar system when it was less than a billion years old." ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Thomas Müller (MPIA)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Illustration of the collision of two planetesimals in the circumstellar disc of the star Fomalhaut.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Illustration of the collision of two planetesimals in the circumstellar disc of the star Fomalhaut.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope discovers a lemon-shaped exoplanet unlike anything seen before: 'What the heck is this?' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "This was an absolute surprise. It's extremely different from what we expected." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:43:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[an illustration shows PSR J2322-2650b, a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a pulsar]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration shows PSR J2322-2650b, a strange lemon-shaped exoplanet orbiting a pulsar]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers discover images of rare Tatooine-like exoplanet with a strange 300-year orbit: 'Exactly how it works is still uncertain' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The planet formed 50 million years after the dinosaurs died, making it incredibly young in cosmic terms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:55:26 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Tatooine-like planet HD 143811 AB b as it orbits its twin parent stars]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Tatooine-like planet HD 143811 AB b as it orbits its twin parent stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope finds strongest evidence yet for atmosphere around rocky exoplanet: 'It's really like a wet lava ball' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have found the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:32:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:51:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rCFPgrjWr5CMRCoGoe5iZL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist concept of TOI-561 b and its host star. JWST has found the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around the rocky exoplanet, challenging assumptions that ultra-hot super-Earths cannot hold onto air.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A small brown exoplanet is seen in space to the right of a sun-like star]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ James Webb Space Telescope discovers a hot Jupiter exoplanet leaking twin gas tails that defy explanation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-a-hot-jupiter-exoplanet-leaking-twin-gas-tails-that-defy-explanation</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "We are only beginning to discover the true complexity of these worlds." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 13:32:24 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrPVWMGMDcv5rjJzExQQ4f.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[B. Gougeon/UdeM]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the twin tails of WASP-121b]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the twin tails of WASP-121b]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Subaru Telescope just made its 1st discoveries: a 'failed star' and an exoplanet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Check out the first findings from the Subaru Telescope. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Julian Dossett ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CJ8jDcZBPVPzEaohB3iTL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[T. Currie/Subaru Telescope, UTSA]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A photo from the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A heat map with a purple background and yellow dots showing an exoplanet]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ One of the most promising Earth-like worlds may not have an atmosphere after all ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New simulations suggest TRAPPIST-1e's possible methane atmosphere may be a false signal from its star, raising fresh questions about the planet’s habitability. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Exoplanets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                <dc:description><![CDATA[ https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rCFPgrjWr5CMRCoGoe5iZL.jpg ]]></dc:description>
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Seven Earth-like planets orbit the Trappist-1 star, but could any of them host life?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Seven Earth-like planets orbit the Trappist-1 star.]]></media:text>
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