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18 ARTICLES

2mo ago

Astronomers Confirm Third Planet in Beta Pictoris, the Faintest Ever Imaged From Earth

Independent VLT imaging and JWST spectroscopy show a roughly 2.4-Jupiter-mass gas giant on a ~91-year orbit, suggesting spectroscopy plus archival data can reveal many more faint planets.

6 ARTICLES

3mo ago

Webb Finds Salt Clouds Veiling the Atmosphere of GJ 504 b

3 ARTICLES

9mo ago

JWST Maps Comet-Like Helium Escape From Super-Puff Exoplanet WASP-107b

4 ARTICLES

last yr.

Study Reveals Jupiter’s Early Size and Magnetic Power