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JWST Study Finds 'Forbidden' Giant With Metal-Poor Atmosphere, Metal-Rich Interior

The findings point to poor mixing that keeps heavy elements buried below the visible atmosphere.

JPL Study Maps Propulsion Paths to Reach the Solar Gravitational Lens in Decades

ALMA’s ARKS Survey Delivers Sharpest-Ever Map of 24 ExoKuiper Belts

SpaceX Debuts 'Twilight' Rideshare, Deploys About 40 Smallsats to Dusk–Dawn Orbit

NASA’s Pandora Set for Jan. 11 Launch to Clarify Exoplanet Atmospheres

First All-Sky Census of Nearby K Dwarfs Flags 529 Prime Targets for Earth-Like Planet Searches

Astronomers Make First Direct Mass Measurement of a Rogue Planet

JWST Reveals Pulsar-Orbiting ‘Lemon’ Planet With Helium–Carbon Atmosphere

Hubble Spots Second Transient Light Near Fomalhaut as First Fades From View

Webb Finds Helium–Carbon Atmosphere on First Hot Jupiter Known Around a Pulsar

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

Early JWST Campaign Finds Stellar Noise Hindering TRAPPIST-1e Atmosphere Test

SPHERE Survey Delivers 51 Resolved Debris Disks, Revealing Planet-Shaped Rings and Prime Follow-Up Targets

GRAVITY+ Laser Guide Stars Open Southern Sky for VLTI After First Tests

TOI-2267 Becomes First Binary With Planets Transiting Each Star

JWST Finds Phosphine on Ancient Brown Dwarf, Matching Model Predictions

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

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Icy, Nitrogen-Rich Exo‑Pluto Fragment

New Rectangular Space Telescope Concept Targets Earth-Like Planets Within 30 Light-Years

StarryStarryProcess Maps Star Spots From TESS and Kepler to Clarify Exoplanet Signals