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4w ago

Astronomers Pin Down Mass and Distance of a Rogue Planet for the First Time

Simultaneous Earth–Gaia microlensing measurements reveal a Saturn‑mass wanderer nearly 10,000 light‑years away, validating a technique poised to map such worlds with Roman.

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last mo.

JWST Reveals Pulsar-Orbiting ‘Lemon’ Planet With Helium–Carbon Atmosphere

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Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

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Webb Finds Carbon-Rich Atmosphere on Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

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Pluribus Ups the Stakes in Episode 8 as Intimacy Collides With a Hive Mind’s Purpose

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last mo.

Hubble Catches Two Debris-Cloud Collisions at Fomalhaut, Recasting ‘Fomalhaut b’

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last mo.

Webb Spots Carbon-Rich, Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

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JWST Finds Strong Evidence of a Thick Atmosphere on Molten Super-Earth TOI-561 b

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SPHERE Survey Delivers 51 Resolved Debris Disks, Revealing Planet-Shaped Rings and Prime Follow-Up Targets

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2mo ago

Astronomers Report Possible First Exomoon Orbiting HD 206893 b

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2mo ago

Astronomers Report Tentative Exomoon Around HD 206893 B Using Precision Astrometry

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2mo ago

MBRSC Confirms Successful Launch of Fai-1 CubeSat on SpaceX Falcon 9

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2mo ago

Lab Experiments Show Sub‑Neptunes Can Make Their Own Water

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2mo ago

Astronomers Confirm First Coronal Mass Ejection From Another Star

Exoplanets

Astronomers Pin Down Mass and Distance of a Rogue Planet for the First Time

JWST Reveals Pulsar-Orbiting ‘Lemon’ Planet With Helium–Carbon Atmosphere

Hubble Spots Second Debris Cloud at Fomalhaut, Confirming Repeated Planetesimal Collisions

Webb Finds Carbon-Rich Atmosphere on Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

Pluribus Ups the Stakes in Episode 8 as Intimacy Collides With a Hive Mind’s Purpose

Hubble Catches Two Debris-Cloud Collisions at Fomalhaut, Recasting ‘Fomalhaut b’

Webb Spots Carbon-Rich, Lemon-Shaped Planet Orbiting a Pulsar

JWST Finds Strong Evidence of a Thick Atmosphere on Molten Super-Earth TOI-561 b

Webb Data Point to Thick Atmosphere on Ultra‑Hot Super‑Earth TOI‑561 b

Closest Directly Imaged Planet Around Two Suns Confirmed on a 300-Year Orbit

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JWST Maps Giant Dual Helium Tails Streaming From Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-121 b

Early JWST Campaign Finds Stellar Noise Hindering TRAPPIST-1e Atmosphere Test

NASA Completes Roman Space Telescope Construction as Final Testing Begins

JWST Maps Comet-Like Helium Escape From Super-Puff Exoplanet WASP-107b

SPHERE Survey Delivers 51 Resolved Debris Disks, Revealing Planet-Shaped Rings and Prime Follow-Up Targets

Astronomers Report Possible First Exomoon Orbiting HD 206893 b

Astronomers Report Tentative Exomoon Around HD 206893 B Using Precision Astrometry

MBRSC Confirms Successful Launch of Fai-1 CubeSat on SpaceX Falcon 9

Lab Experiments Show Sub‑Neptunes Can Make Their Own Water

Astronomers Confirm First Coronal Mass Ejection From Another Star

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Exoplanets