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Nature Study Weighs Four Young V1298 Tau Planets, Revealing Ultra‑Low Densities

Years of transit‑timing data indicate the planets are inflated by stellar heating, with atmospheres already escaping.

Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

SPHERE Survey Delivers 51 Resolved Debris Disks, Revealing Planet-Shaped Rings and Prime Follow-Up Targets

Lab Experiments Show Sub‑Neptunes Can Make Their Own Water

Hubble Spots White Dwarf Devouring Icy, Nitrogen-Rich Exo‑Pluto Fragment

Astronomers Directly Image a Forming Giant Planet Inside a Multi‑Ring Disk Gap

Astronomers Directly Image Newborn Planet in Multi-Ringed Disk in First Clear Case

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

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

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