Exoplanets
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This TRAPPIST-1 exoplanet seems to have no atmosphere — the truth may hide in its star, James Webb Space Telescope reveals
By Keith Cooper published
The findings also corroborate earlier reports that TRAPPIST-1b lacks a thick, hydrogen atmosphere.
Very Large Telescope surprisingly finds exoplanet lurking in 3-body star system
By Tereza Pultarova published
The European Very Large Telescope in Chile has photographed a planet orbiting a star in a multi-star system that sits some 480 light-years from Earth.
A 'Planet Nine' far from Earth could explain the odd behavior of icy bodies beyond Neptune
By Paul Sutter published
As the search for "Planet Nine" in the outer solar system continues, new research suggests there may be an Earth twin buried deep within the frozen waste of the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune.
Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds
By Robert Lea published
The so-called Hycean planet K2–18 b is around twice the size of Earth and orbits in the habitable zone of a star located 120 light-years from our solar system.
How NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory will search exoplanets for signs of alien life
By Robert Lea published
Planning is well underway for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, a telescope project that will hunt for telltale signs of life in the atmospheres of planets outside the solar system.
Could an 'Earth-like' planet be hiding in our solar system's outer reaches?
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A hypothetical Kuiper Belt Planet adds to the list of possibly undiscovered worlds in our solar system. Also on that list? Planet Nine.
Star blows giant exoplanet's atmosphere away, leaving massive tail in its wake
By Robert Lea published
A hot Jupiter exoplanet is blowing its top like a cartoon character throwing a tantrum, creating a tail of gas that is the largest planetary structure seen outside the solar system.
NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots warm Jupiter with longest known year
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Astronomers using NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS satellite have found a "warm" Jupiter with the longest period ever seen with an alien world.
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