A quartet of small, rocky exoplanets likely circle Barnard's Star, around 6 billion light-years from Earth, putting them in contention as targets of missions for future human generations.
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The recent findings up the number of exoplanets orbiting Barnard’s Star from one to at least three, possibly four, as ...
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A distant exoplanet discovered, named Enaiposha, is unlike anything found in our own solar system, similar to a "super-Venus" ...
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This discovery by Webb provides strong evidence that the giant planets in HR 8799 formed through core accretion, much like ...
Previously thought to be defined by simple cloud patterns, NASA's JWST has unveiled the astonishing complexity of SIMP 0136, a starless super-Jupiter ...