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last mo.

Webb Reveals Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 System

Unusual sand-like clouds on the outer planet paired with a rare circumplanetary disk around its sibling are forcing astronomers to rethink how giant planets form.

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2mo ago

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Orbits Record-Low Mass Star, Challenging Formation Theories

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2mo ago

New Insights Reveal Mars' Water Loss to Space

Planetary Atmospheres

Webb Reveals Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 System

Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Orbits Record-Low Mass Star, Challenging Formation Theories

JWST Finds Silicate Vapor and Night-Side Methane on Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-121b

JWST Captures Unprecedented Detail of Planets Forming Around Star PDS 70

New Observations Suggest TRAPPIST-1 b May Have an Atmosphere or Active Geology

Astronomers Uncover Evidence of Volcanic Exomoon Around WASP-49b

James Webb Telescope Maps Asymmetry in Puffy Exoplanet's Atmosphere

New Insights Reveal Mars' Water Loss to Space