Alien planets that really exist
Far beyond the eight familiar planets in our solar system, countless bizarre and extreme worlds await discovery — and some ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures Images of Individual Planets in Distant Star System
Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...
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4 miniature, Earth-like planets discovered extremely close to our sun
A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in ...
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth—an expert explains what we know
Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...
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For the First Time Ever, Scientists Have Directly Detected Carbon Dioxide on Distant Planets
The discovery is keeping astronomers on their toes about how planets are formed.
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Frozen Worlds, Hidden Clues: Why We Should Search for Technosignatures on Non-Habitable Planets
Astronomers should search for technosignatures on planets that are not conducive to life. Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb ...
Potential future human worlds? Earth-like planets found circling 2nd-closest star system to us
Researchers have discovered four Earth-like rocky planets orbiting Barnard’s Star using advanced telescopes. These planets ...
NASA's Webb Captures First Direct Images Of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System
This finding provides compelling evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, a process similar ...
NASA’s James Webb spots carbon dioxide in a planet beyond our solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope captures the first direct images of carbon dioxide in a distant planetary system, HR 8799, ...
JWST captures its first direct images of carbon dioxide outside solar system
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...