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Gas Streamer Likely Tilted GW Orionis' Triple-Star Disk

ALMA observations tie an inflowing river of molecular gas to the disk's outer ring, showing external accretion can change a young disk's tilt and so alter where planets form.

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

JWST Spots Record-Low Metallicity in ‘Forbidden’ Giant Planet’s Atmosphere

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

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

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

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

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

Astronomers Map Orbit and Mass of Stormy Brown Dwarf Around Nearby Red Dwarf

Astronomers Directly Image a Forming Giant Planet Inside a Multi‑Ring Disk Gap

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