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TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

Confirmation now hinges on precise ground‑based velocity measurements.

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Explainers Break Down Astrophage—the Star-Eating Engine of Project Hail Mary

Astronomers Tie Distant Star’s Chaotic Fading to Evidence of a Planetary Collision

Kepler Data Reveal Earth-Size Planet Candidate HD 137010 b Near Star’s Habitable Edge

Webb Maps Four Dust Spirals and Confirms Third Star in Rare Apep Wolf-Rayet System

VLT Spectra Reveal Gas Ring Around V Sagittae, Hinting at Likely Nova in Coming Years

Astronomers Confirm Rare Quadruple System Pairing Two Red Dwarfs With Two T-Type Brown Dwarfs

Webb Uncovers Provisional Saturn-Mass Exoplanet in Alpha Centauri A’s Habitable Zone

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