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TESS Detects First Planet by Gravitational Microlensing

Validating TESS’s high-cadence archive as a microlensing tool, the discovery opens a new way to find wide-orbit planets.

Rafael Luque Awarded 2026 Princesa de Girona Research Prize

AI Reanalysis of TESS Data Flags About 10,000 New Exoplanet Candidates

Texas A&M Demonstrates Laser-Driven ‘Metajets’ With 3D Control

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Targets Fall 2026 Launch After Final Assembly

JWST Finds Metal-Poor Atmosphere on Giant Planet Around a Small Red Dwarf

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