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Webb and Spitzer Spectra Show Two Kinds of Giant Planetary Collisions

Mid-infrared fingerprints separate glassy, rock‑vaporizing impacts from lower‑energy grazing crashes and offer a new window on the late stages of rocky planet formation.

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Inside-Out Exoplanet System Around Red Dwarf LHS 1903 Challenges Formation Models

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9mo ago

JWST Spots Sulfur in HR 8799 c, Strengthening Case for Core Accretion

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ALMA’s ARKS Survey Delivers Sharpest-Ever Map of 24 ExoKuiper Belts

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9mo ago

ALMA Survey Publishes Sharpest Images of 24 Exo‑Kuiper Belts

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10mo ago

Astronomers Make First Direct Mass Measurement of a Rogue Planet

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Saturn-Mass Rogue Planet Gets First Direct Mass and Distance Measurement

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11mo ago

Study Traces Moon-Maker Theia to the Inner Solar System

Planet Formation

Webb and Spitzer Spectra Show Two Kinds of Giant Planetary Collisions

NASA Advances PRIMA Far‑Infrared Telescope Into Phase B

Astronomers Confirm Elias 2-24 b as Youngest Known Planet

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

Study Finds Earth’s Phosphorus and Nitrogen Came From the Inner Solar System

Supermassive Black Hole Dust Rings Could Spawn Millions of Planets

Six Young Red Dwarfs Show Signs of Swallowing Earth‑Sized Rocky Planets

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

JWST Detects Methane From Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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

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Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

CHEOPS Reveals 'Inside-Out' Four-Planet System Around Red Dwarf LHS 1903

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

Inside-Out Exoplanet System Around Red Dwarf LHS 1903 Challenges Formation Models

JWST Spots Sulfur in HR 8799 c, Strengthening Case for Core Accretion

ALMA’s ARKS Survey Delivers Sharpest-Ever Map of 24 ExoKuiper Belts

ALMA Survey Publishes Sharpest Images of 24 Exo‑Kuiper Belts

Astronomers Make First Direct Mass Measurement of a Rogue Planet

Saturn-Mass Rogue Planet Gets First Direct Mass and Distance Measurement

Study Traces Moon-Maker Theia to the Inner Solar System

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Planet Formation