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Exoplanets

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

A hierarchical model that maps star spots in visible light promises sharper exoplanet measurements.

Simulations Undercut Giant-Impact Origin of Jupiter’s Fuzzy Core

Study Maps Where Earth's Deep-Space Signals Leak and How SETI Should Listen

Webb Spots Tiny New Moon Around Uranus, Bringing Count to 29

New Simulations Undercut Giant-Impact Origin of Jupiter's Dilute Core

Study Proposes Dark Matter Could Spawn Planet-Devouring Black Holes Inside Gas Giants

Webb Uncovers Provisional Saturn-Mass Exoplanet in Alpha Centauri A’s Habitable Zone

Webb Telescope Rules Out Atmosphere on Earth-Sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

Ionic Liquids Could Extend Habitable Zones to Waterless Worlds, MIT Study Finds

Ionic Liquids Emerge as Candidate Habitats on Water-Scarce Worlds

Alpha Centauri A’s Suspected Gas Giant Evades 2025 JWST Searches

Five Papers Showcase NIRPS’s Exoplanet Discoveries and High-Precision Performance

Framework for Lava Planet Evolution Secures 100 Hours of JWST Time

JWST Begins Atmospheric Probe of L 98-59 After Fifth Habitable-Zone Planet Confirmed

Telescopes Witness Key Stages of Planet Formation in Three Young Star Systems

Mineral Condensation Captured in Planet-Forming Disk of Protostar HOPS-315

Largest Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS Confirmed as Active 20-Kilometer Comet

Astronomers Observe First Solid Condensation of Rocky Planet Precursors Around Distant Star

First Solids of Planet Formation Observed Around Young Star HOPS-315

Chandra Observations Reveal Rapid Atmospheric Loss on Exoplanet TOI 1227b