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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

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