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

A peer-reviewed JWST study points to a metal-poor sky over a heavy-element-rich interior, prompting a rethink of how giants form around red dwarfs.

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

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

Webb Finds Carbon-Rich Atmosphere on Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

Webb Spots Carbon-Rich, Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

Lab Experiments Show Sub‑Neptunes Can Make Their Own Water

Lab Experiments Reveal Planets Can Make Water From Hydrogen–Magma Reactions

James Webb Space Telescope Captures First Exoplanet by Direct Imaging

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

Hubble Observations Reveal Unexpected Darkening of Uranus’s Moons

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