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Nearby Super‑Earth Candidate GJ 3378 b Reclassified as Likely Rocky World

Lowered mass places the 21.45‑day planet inside its star's habitable zone, prompting urgent follow‑up to test whether it retains an atmosphere.

Seismic Study Finds Thick Ultramafic Layer Under Mars and Vast Deep Magma Plumbing

Astronomers Infer Magnetic Fields on Seven Ultra‑Hot Jupiters

Cornell Team Publishes Vetted List of 45 Rocky Exoplanets Most Likely to Host Life

Don’t Nod’s Aphelion Debuts Hands-On Previews, Sets Spring Release with Day One Game Pass

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

Study Finds Enceladus’ Heat Loss Matches Tidal Input, Indicating a Long-Lived Ocean

Scientists Detect Habitable-Zone ‘Super‑Earth’ GJ 251 c Just 18 Light‑Years Away

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

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