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Planet Formation

TOI-6894b Massive Planets TI-DYE 1b Rocky Planets Metallicity TIDYE-1 b Gas Atmospheres Young Stars IRAS 04125+2902 b Stellar Radiation

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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

Saturn-sized Gas Giant Orbits Record-low-mass Red Dwarf, Defying Formation Models

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7mo ago

James Webb Telescope Uncovers Carbon-Rich Protoplanetary Disks Around Tiny Stars

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last yr.

Astronomers Reveal Diverse Planet Formation Processes in Groundbreaking Survey

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last yr.

Astronomers Solve Mystery of Missing Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes

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last yr.

New Super-Earth Discovered in Habitable Zone

Planet Formation

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

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

Saturn-sized Gas Giant Orbits Record-low-mass Red Dwarf, Defying Formation Models

Webb Telescope Confirms Long-Lived Planet-Forming Disks in Early Universe

Astronomers Discover Youngest Known Transiting Planet at 3 Million Years Old

Astronomers Discover Youngest Transiting Exoplanet Ever Observed

James Webb Telescope Uncovers Carbon-Rich Protoplanetary Disks Around Tiny Stars

Astronomers Reveal Diverse Planet Formation Processes in Groundbreaking Survey

Astronomers Solve Mystery of Missing Super-Earths and Mini-Neptunes

New Super-Earth Discovered in Habitable Zone