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Researchers can determine whether or not a tidally locked rocky planet has an atmosphere by comparing its measured temperature to…
Massive planets that receive less high-energy starlight are more likely to have atmospheres than small planets receiving more radiation. Webb…
All other things being equal, the more high-energy light a planet receives from its star, the less likely it is…
If two planets are the same in every other way, the one with a stronger gravitational pull is more likely…
A secondary eclipse light curve shows the decrease in brightness of a star-planet system as the planet moves behind the…
For 540 million years, the ebb and flow in the strength of Earth’s magnetic field has correlated with fluctuations in…
The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the Sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now,…
At the left, an enhanced-color image of Neptune from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. At the right, that image is combined…
This artist’s concept shows what the isolated planetary-mass object SIMP 0136 could look like based on recent observations from NASA’s…
