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4w 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.

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JWST Finds Heavy, Water-Rich Atmosphere on Mini-Neptune in Rare Hot-Jupiter System

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3mo ago

Astronomers Detect Thin Atmosphere on Small World Beyond Pluto

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3mo ago

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

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3mo ago

Webb Maps the Surface of a Nearby Super-Earth, Revealing a Dark Basaltic World

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3mo ago

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

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3mo ago

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Enrichment, Study Finds

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4mo ago

JWST Spots Record-Low Metallicity in ‘Forbidden’ Giant Planet’s Atmosphere

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4mo ago

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

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4mo ago

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

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4mo ago

Second Forming Planet Confirmed in WISPIT 2 Disk

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4mo ago

Webb Data Point to Sulfur‑Rich Magma‑Ocean Planet L 98‑59 d

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4mo ago

JWST Helps Reveal Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d

Planetary Formation

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

VLT Confirms Ancient, Non‑Solar Chemistry in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

TESS Confirms Two Jupiter‑Sized Super‑Puff Planets

Webb Finds Salt Clouds Veiling the Atmosphere of GJ 504 b

ALMA Finds Deep Carbon Monoxide That Points to an Ice-Rich Uranus

Study Suggests Nereid Is Neptune’s Last Intact Original Moon

NASA’s Psyche Skims Mars for Gravity Assist on Course to Metal-Rich Asteroid

Study Challenges 'Ice Giant' Label for Uranus and Neptune

JWST Finds Heavy, Water-Rich Atmosphere on Mini-Neptune in Rare Hot-Jupiter System

Astronomers Detect Thin Atmosphere on Small World Beyond Pluto

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Planetary Formation

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

Webb Maps the Surface of a Nearby Super-Earth, Revealing a Dark Basaltic World

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Enrichment, Study Finds

JWST Spots Record-Low Metallicity in ‘Forbidden’ Giant Planet’s Atmosphere

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

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Second Forming Planet Confirmed in WISPIT 2 Disk

Webb Data Point to Sulfur‑Rich Magma‑Ocean Planet L 98‑59 d

JWST Helps Reveal Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d

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Planetary Formation