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Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

Using updated Gaia and NASA data, the vetted catalog sets near-term targets for telescopes to assess atmospheres and potential surface water.

Astronomers Find Rare ‘Inside-Out’ Planetary System With Rocky Outer World

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

Hubble Reveals Largest Known Planet-Forming Disk, 'Dracula’s Chivito'

Webb Makes First Direct Chemical Reading of a Moon-Forming Disk Around CT Cha b

ALMA Maps Fomalhaut’s Warped Debris Ring, Pointing to Hidden Planet Sculptors

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

Study Pins Jupiter’s Birth to 1.8 Million Years After the Solar System Began

Framework for Lava Planet Evolution Secures 100 Hours of JWST Time

Gas Giant HIP 67522 b Triggers Intense Stellar Flares, Accelerating Its Atmospheric Loss

James Webb Space Telescope Captures First Exoplanet by Direct Imaging

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