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Astronomers Confirm Two Super‑Puff Jupiter‑Size Planets

Planned JWST observations will seek to confirm massive hydrogen‑helium envelopes, testing models for how such ultra‑low‑density giants form.

Lensed Starburst Identified as Strongest Candidate for 2021 IceCube Neutrino

Gemini Image Shows Nine‑Year Binary Sculpting the Crystal Ball Nebula

JWST Measures 50‑Million‑Solar‑Mass Black Hole That Outweighs Its Host

Tonight: Crescent Moon Sits Between Venus and Jupiter in the Western Twilight

Scientists Detect Ultra-Thin Atmosphere Around Tiny Kuiper Belt Object

Study Reports Tenuous Atmosphere on a 500-Kilometer Kuiper Belt World

ALMA Finds Semi-Heavy Water in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

JWST Detects Methane From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Cornell Team Publishes Vetted List of 45 Rocky Exoplanets Most Likely to Host Life

Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

Six-Planet Parade Lines Up Along the Ecliptic as Jupiter Shines Brightest

Six-Planet Alignment Visible Tonight Across U.S. and Mexico

JWST and ALMA Pin Down Nano-Dominated Dust Around Wolf–Rayet Binary WR 112

Hubble, Euclid and Subaru Reveal Ultra-Faint Galaxy Candidate Dominated by Dark Matter

Hubble Confirms Starless ‘Cloud-9’ as Dark-Matter RELHIC as Lensing Reveals a Distant Dark Disruptor

Diskless White Dwarf Drives Millennia-Long Outflow, Forming Comet-Like Bow Shock

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

Hubble Data Tie Betelgeuse’s 6-Year Variations to Hidden Companion’s Gas Wake