Exoplanet
Webb Space Telescope Cracks Case of Puffy “Microwaved Marshmallow” Exoplanet
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The warm gas giant WASP-107 b, known for its unusually low density and moderate temperature, may have its puffed-up atmosphere due to ...
Webb Finds Atmosphere on Rocky Exoplanet For the First Time
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Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, scientists may have identified atmospheric gases on 55 Cancri e, a super-hot, rocky exoplanet. This discovery ...
Webb Maps Weather on Extreme Exoplanet WASP-43 b
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This artist’s concept shows what the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b could look like. WASP-43 b is a Jupiter-sized planet circling a ...
NASA Discovers “Super-Earth”, A Potentially Habitable Planet, Located 137 Light-Years Away
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A “super-Earth”, a planet larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. American space agency NASA has discovered a “super-Earth”, a planet that ...
Hubble Spots Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet’s Atmosphere
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Astronomers using Hubble have detected water vapor in the atmosphere of GJ 9827d, a small exoplanet, suggesting the presence of water-rich atmospheres ...
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Has Made “a Landmark Discovery” in the Atmosphere of This Small Exoplanet
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected the presence of water in the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet, which astronomers say is the ...
Earth-Sized Planet Discovered in “Our Solar Backyard”
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Researchers have identified HD 63433d, an Earth-sized planet that is both closer and younger than previously discovered planets of similar size. Its ...
Unlocking the Secrets of a “Hot Saturn” and Its Spotted Star
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Astronomers analyzed HAT-P-18 b using the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing water vapor and CO2 in its atmosphere. They highlighted the challenges ...
Cyclones in Space? See How Hubble Uncovered Extreme Weather on a Distant Planet
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Astronomers have detected dynamic weather activities, such as massive cyclones, on the uninhabitable exoplanet WASP-121 b using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This ...
“Unusually Massive” – Astronomers Discover a Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
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Penn State researchers have discovered an extraordinarily massive planet orbiting an ultracool dwarf star, challenging existing theories of planet and star formation. ...
