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James Webb Space Telescope Protoplanetary Disks Gas Giants Water Formation Chemical Composition TOI-6894 Super-Earths PSR J2322-2650b Dust and Gas Interactions PSR J2322-2650 b

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.

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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

Nearby "Super-Earth" GJ 251 c Found in Habitable Zone 18 Light-Years Away

Free-Floating Planet Registers Record Growth Burst Spotted by ESO’s VLT

First Direct Image of a Protoplanet in a Disk Gap Confirms Formation Theory

Confirmed Exoplanets Top 6,000 as NASA Tally Hits 6,007

Gaia and ALMA Data Confirm Giant Planet in Formation Around MP Mus

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

Saturn-sized Gas Giant Orbits Record-low-mass Red Dwarf, Defying Formation Models

Giant Exoplanet Orbits Tiny Red Dwarf, Defying Planet Formation Theory

Retrograde Planet Confirmed in Tight Binary System with White Dwarf

James Webb Telescope Unveils Clear Atmosphere of Hot Sub-Neptune TOI-421 b