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Astronomers Pin Down Mass and Distance of a Rogue Planet for the First Time

Simultaneous Earth–Gaia microlensing measurements reveal a Saturn‑mass wanderer nearly 10,000 light‑years away, validating a technique poised to map such worlds with Roman.

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Radio Search Finds No Signal From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Hubble Images Twin Jets

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Starlight Falls Short: Study Finds Dust-Driven Winds Don’t Work for Nearby Red Giant

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Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

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Webb Finds Carbon-Rich Atmosphere on Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

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Hubble Catches Two Debris-Cloud Collisions at Fomalhaut, Recasting ‘Fomalhaut b’

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2mo ago

Experiments Confirm Hydrogen–Rock Reactions Can Create Large Water Stores Inside Sub-Neptunes

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4mo ago

Rogue Planet Caught in Record Growth Spurt, Accreting Like a Young Star

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4mo ago

Study Recasts Moon’s Largest Crater as Northerly Glancing Impact That Sharpens Artemis Science Goals

7 ARTICLES

4mo ago

Viral Mars Rover Image of 3I/ATLAS Draws Fresh Scrutiny as Scientists Flag Camera Artifact

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4mo ago

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

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4mo ago

Rogue Planet Cha 1107-7626 Undergoes Record Accretion Burst Detected by JWST and VLT

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4mo ago

Rogue Planet Cha 1107‑7626 Caught in Record Growth Spurt at 6 Billion Tons per Second

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4mo ago

Free-Floating Planet Registers Record Growth Burst Spotted by ESO’s VLT

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4mo ago

First Direct Image of a Protoplanet in a Disk Gap Confirms Formation Theory

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4mo ago

Chang'e-6 Rocks Reveal Cooler Lunar Far-Side Mantle by About 100°C

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4mo ago

JWST Study Finds Aurora-Driven Heating and Thermal Inversion on Nearby Rogue World SIMP-0136

Planetary Formation

Astronomers Pin Down Mass and Distance of a Rogue Planet for the First Time

Radio Search Finds No Signal From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as Hubble Images Twin Jets

Starlight Falls Short: Study Finds Dust-Driven Winds Don’t Work for Nearby Red Giant

Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

Webb Finds Carbon-Rich Atmosphere on Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

Hubble Catches Two Debris-Cloud Collisions at Fomalhaut, Recasting ‘Fomalhaut b’

Closest Directly Imaged Planet Around Two Suns Confirmed on a 300-Year Orbit

JWST Maps Comet-Like Helium Escape From Super-Puff Exoplanet WASP-107b

Researchers Identify Compact 'Inner Kernel' in the Kuiper Belt at 43 AU

Experiments Confirm Hydrogen–Rock Reactions Can Create Large Water Stores Inside Sub-Neptunes

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Planetary Formation

Rogue Planet Caught in Record Growth Spurt, Accreting Like a Young Star

Study Recasts Moon’s Largest Crater as Northerly Glancing Impact That Sharpens Artemis Science Goals

Viral Mars Rover Image of 3I/ATLAS Draws Fresh Scrutiny as Scientists Flag Camera Artifact

Rogue Planet Devours Matter at Record 6 Billion Tons Per Second

Rogue Planet Cha 1107-7626 Undergoes Record Accretion Burst Detected by JWST and VLT

Rogue Planet Cha 1107‑7626 Caught in Record Growth Spurt at 6 Billion Tons per Second

Free-Floating Planet Registers Record Growth Burst Spotted by ESO’s VLT

First Direct Image of a Protoplanet in a Disk Gap Confirms Formation Theory

Chang'e-6 Rocks Reveal Cooler Lunar Far-Side Mantle by About 100°C

JWST Study Finds Aurora-Driven Heating and Thermal Inversion on Nearby Rogue World SIMP-0136

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Planetary Formation