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When Was the First Exoplanet Discovered?
So in some sense, alien worlds were not first discovered in the 1990s or even the 1980s. It took nearly a century to fully ...
Space.com on MSN5d
Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
"As the large and bright discs are the easiest to observe, our previous view of the birth site of planets was biased." ...
The closest potentially Earth-like exoplanet probably can't host life
Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...
New distant warm Jupiter discovered with TESS
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new warm Jupiter ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1d
From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
Space on MSN1d
Scientists used JWST instruments 'wrong' on purpose to capture direct images of exoplanets
Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of ...
Space.com on MSN3d
This newly found super-Earth might have blown off its own atmosphere
The faraway exoplanet could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets with twice the diameter of Earth.
India Today on MSN2h
Meet the all-female crew headed to space with singer Katy Perry on April 14
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket will make history with its 11th human flight, NS-31, featuring the all-female crew.
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Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Protoplanetary disks seen by the ALMA telescope, with an illustration of a protoplanetary ...
It Rains Deep Inside Planets – And That Could Rewrite How We Understand Alien Worlds
What if water and hydrogen don’t stay separated inside planets like Earth and Neptune? New research from UCLA and Princeton ...
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The closest potentially Earth-like exoplanet probably can't host life
Proxima Centauri, a star four light-years from the sun, shoots out a violent solar flare in this artist's depiction. Credit: NSF / AUI / NSF NRAO / S. Dagnello Only a few years ago, astronomers ...
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NASA’s TESS telescope uncovers strange exoplanet 250 light-years from Earth
NASA's TESS telescope has discovered an intriguing exoplanet, TOI-1453 c, located 250 light-years away, with an unusually low density. Measuring 2.2 times the size of Earth and 2.9 times its mass ...