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

Oxford-led analysis of InSight data shows Mars may build chemically evolved crust by long-lived internal melting rather than by plate-driven recycling.

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Astronomers Infer Magnetic Fields on Seven Ultra‑Hot Jupiters

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Hubble Reanalysis Weakens Case for Water Plumes on Europa

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

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

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

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Kepler Archive Reveals Earth-Size Exoplanet Candidate Near Habitable Zone

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5mo ago

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

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Kepler Archive Yields Earth-Size Planet Candidate with Yearlike Orbit

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

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

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5mo ago

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

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7mo ago

Astronomers Report Tentative Exomoon Around HD 206893 B Using Precision Astrometry

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7mo ago

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

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8mo ago

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

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8mo ago

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

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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

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

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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

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