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

Oxford-led modeling ties JWST sulfur signals to a deep magma ocean that sustains a hydrogen-rich atmosphere.

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

Kepler Archive Reveals Earth-Size Exoplanet Candidate Near Habitable Zone

Earth-Sized Exoplanet Candidate Found 146 Light-Years Away Around a K-Dwarf

Kepler Archive Yields Earth-Size Planet Candidate with Yearlike Orbit

Juno Sounding Finds Europa’s Outer Ice Layer Averages 18 Miles Thick in Surveyed Region

High-Resolution Mars Mapping Points to Arctic-Sized Ocean 3 Billion Years Ago

First All-Sky Census of Nearby K Dwarfs Flags 529 Prime Targets for Earth-Like Planet Searches

Astronomers Report Tentative Exomoon Around HD 206893 B Using Precision Astrometry

Experiments Confirm Hydrogen–Rock Reactions Can Create Large Water Stores Inside Sub-Neptunes

Scientists Detect Habitable-Zone ‘Super‑Earth’ GJ 251 c Just 18 Light‑Years Away

Nearby Habitable-Zone Super-Earth Candidate GJ 251 c Announced in Peer-Reviewed Study

NASA Confirms 6,000 Exoplanets, Marking a New Phase in the Search for Other Worlds

JWST Rules Out CO2-Dominated Sky on TRAPPIST-1e

New Study Suggests Ancient Ceres Had Chemical Energy to Support Habitability

Webb Telescope Rules Out Atmosphere on Earth-Sized Exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d

James Webb Spots Candidate Gas Giant Orbiting Alpha Centauri A

Webb Telescope Confirms First Extraterrestrial Water Ice in Young Star System

Potential Biosignatures Detected on Exoplanet K2-18b Using James Webb Telescope

Astronomers Confirm Four Rocky Planets Orbiting Barnard's Star