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Astronomers Confirm Beta Pictoris d, the Faintest Exoplanet Ever Imaged From Earth

The planet’s independent detection by VLT and JWST teams and archival checks show how machine‑learning processing and Webb spectroscopy can reveal hidden, low‑mass worlds and guide follow‑up with next‑generation telescopes.

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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Signal, Pointing to an Ultra‑Cold Origin

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Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

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Cornell Team Publishes Vetted List of 45 Rocky Exoplanets Most Likely to Host Life

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

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Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

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JWST Details Io and Europa Auroral Footprints, Finds Rapid, Dense Cold Spot on Jupiter

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Astronomers Map 'Teenage' Planetary System TOI-2076, Revealing Photoevaporation at Work

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

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Rocky Outer Planet in LHS 1903 System Upends Planet-Formation Models

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

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Kepler Archive Reveals Earth-Size Exoplanet Candidate Near Habitable Zone

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Earth-Size, Yearlong-Orbit Exoplanet Candidate Found 146 Light-Years Away

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Kepler Archive Yields Earth-Size Planet Candidate with Yearlike Orbit

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Giant Metal-Bearing Cloud Tied to Hidden Companion Explains Months-Long Dimming of Sun-Like Star

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Nature Study Weighs Four Young V1298 Tau Planets, Revealing Ultra‑Low Densities

Planetary Systems

Astronomers Confirm Beta Pictoris d, the Faintest Exoplanet Ever Imaged From Earth

TESS Detects First Planet by Gravitational Microlensing

TESS Confirms Two Jupiter‑Sized Super‑Puff Planets

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

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows Extreme Heavy-Water Signal, Pointing to an Ultra‑Cold Origin

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Cornell Team Publishes Vetted List of 45 Rocky Exoplanets Most Likely to Host Life

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

Cornell Catalog Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets in Habitable Zones

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JWST Details Io and Europa Auroral Footprints, Finds Rapid, Dense Cold Spot on Jupiter

Astronomers Map 'Teenage' Planetary System TOI-2076, Revealing Photoevaporation at Work

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

Rocky Outer Planet in LHS 1903 System Upends Planet-Formation Models

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

Kepler Archive Reveals Earth-Size Exoplanet Candidate Near Habitable Zone

Earth-Size, Yearlong-Orbit Exoplanet Candidate Found 146 Light-Years Away

Kepler Archive Yields Earth-Size Planet Candidate with Yearlike Orbit

Giant Metal-Bearing Cloud Tied to Hidden Companion Explains Months-Long Dimming of Sun-Like Star

Nature Study Weighs Four Young V1298 Tau Planets, Revealing Ultra‑Low Densities

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