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Nearby Super‑Earth GJ 3378b Confirmed in Red Dwarf Habitable Zone

A June 30 peer‑reviewed study says the planet is a roughly two‑Earth‑mass world that could hold liquid water if it retains an atmosphere, prompting plans for direct‑imaging follow‑up.

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2mo ago

JWST Shows Jupiter‑Size Planet Migrated Into Close Orbit Around a White Dwarf

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2mo ago

Two Jupiter-Size Super‑Puffs Identified Around Sun‑Like Star

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2mo ago

Seismic Study Finds Thick Ultramafic Layer Under Mars and Vast Deep Magma Plumbing

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3mo ago

Astronomers Infer Magnetic Fields on Seven Ultra‑Hot Jupiters

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4mo ago

Hubble Reanalysis Weakens Case for Water Plumes on Europa

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4mo ago

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

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4mo ago

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

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7mo ago

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

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7mo ago

Kepler Archive Reveals Earth-Size Exoplanet Candidate Near Habitable Zone

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7mo ago

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

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7mo ago

Kepler Archive Yields Earth-Size Planet Candidate with Yearlike Orbit

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7mo ago

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

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8mo ago

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

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8mo ago

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

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9mo ago

Astronomers Report Tentative Exomoon Around HD 206893 B Using Precision Astrometry

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Nearby Super‑Earth GJ 3378b Confirmed in Red Dwarf Habitable Zone

JWST Shows Jupiter‑Size Planet Migrated Into Close Orbit Around a White Dwarf

Two Jupiter-Size Super‑Puffs Identified Around Sun‑Like Star

Seismic Study Finds Thick Ultramafic Layer Under Mars and Vast Deep Magma Plumbing

Astronomers Infer Magnetic Fields on Seven Ultra‑Hot Jupiters

Hubble Reanalysis Weakens Case for Water Plumes on Europa

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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