Scientists Scan Mysterious Planet as It Drifts Through Space
A team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover new details about SIMP 0136, a free-floating planet in ...
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2 newly found exoplanets reignite an outstanding question about our solar system
The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and ...
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How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.
This Newly Found Exoplanet Is So Light, Scientists Don’t Know What It’s Made Of
Astronomers discover a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune 250 light years away from our solar system. These planets offer a ...
Several planets found orbiting star less than 6 light-years away
Astronomers have confirmed the existence of four planets orbiting a star less than 6 light-years away with help from some of ...
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JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.
What Happens When Planets Orbit Too Close to Fiery Young Stars
Young, close-orbiting exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes may form farther from their stars and migrate inward or lose their ...
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
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Webb telescope captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...