Exoplanets
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NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Unveils the Sizzling Secrets of a Distant Rocky Exoplanet
This illustration shows what the hot rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b could look like based on this work. TRAPPIST-1 b, the…
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Planet hunting and the origins of life | MIT News
George Ricker built his first telescope when he was in third grade. Growing up in rural Florida, with its abundance…
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How Webb’s coronagraphs reveal exoplanets in the infrared
Webb NIRCam and MIRI coronagraphic images of the exoplanet HIP 65426 b. The white star symbol marks the location of…
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What Do Exoplanets Look Like?
Artist impression of an exoplanet system. Credit: ESA Imagine a gaseous exoplanet five times the size of Jupiter but much…
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Scientists Zero In on 5 Planets Beyond Our Solar System
Image depicts divergent evolutionary pathways of Earth and Venus after formation. Credit: O’Rourke, J.G., Wilson, C.F., Borrelli, M.E. et al.…
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NASA’s Webb Unravels the Mysteries of Planet VHS 1256 b’s Silicate Clouds
This illustration conceptualizes the swirling clouds identified by the James Webb Space Telescope in the atmosphere of exoplanet VHS 1256…
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Astronomers Say “Terminator Zones” on Distant Planets Could Harbor Extraterrestrial Life
Some exoplanets have one side permanently facing their star while the other side is in perpetual darkness. The ring-shaped border…
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‘Terminator zones’ on distant planets could harbor life, astronomers say
Some exoplanets have one side permanently facing their star while the other side is in perpetual darkness. The ring-shaped border…
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Even the calmest red dwarfs are wilder than the sun, reveals paper
Artist’s conception of a violent stellar flare erupting on neighboring star, Proxima Centauri. Credit: NRAO/S. Dagnello There’s something menacing about…
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Evolution of supersoft X-ray source WX Centauri is dominated by magnetic wind, find researchers
An example of fitting the eclipse timings for WX Cen using the TESS and AAVSO data, respectively. Credit: The Astrophysical…
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