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Webb Separates Morning and Evening Clouds on Hot Jupiter WASP‑94A b

Limb-resolved JWST spectra show mineral clouds form on the nightside then evaporate on the dayside, prompting revised composition estimates.

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AI Reanalysis of TESS Data Flags About 10,000 New Exoplanet Candidates

JWST Finds Heavy, Water-Rich Atmosphere on Mini-Neptune in Rare Hot-Jupiter System

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

Webb Maps the Surface of a Nearby Super-Earth, Revealing a Dark Basaltic World

NASA Chief Endorses Making Pluto a Planet Again

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

JWST Reveals Dark, Airless Surface on Rocky Exoplanet LHS 3844 b

JWST Spots Water-Ice Clouds on Nearby Jupiter-Like World

Study Finds Planets Need 20%–50% of Earth’s Ocean to Stay Habitable

Scientists Outline 'Agnostic Biosignature' to Find Life Through Planetary Patterns

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

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

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

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

Second Forming Planet Confirmed in WISPIT 2 Disk

Webb Data Point to Sulfur‑Rich Magma‑Ocean Planet L 98‑59 d

Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

JWST Helps Reveal Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d

Oxford-Led Team Proposes New Exoplanet Class With Sulfur-Rich Magma-Ocean World L 98-59 d