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Discovery Alert: A Planet with a ‘Tail’
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The Planet WASP-69 b The Discovery The exoplanet WASP-69 b has a “tail,” leaving a trail of gas in its…

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Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io?
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The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may…

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NASA’s Webb Images Cold Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away
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An international team of astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from…

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Discovery Alert: With Six New Worlds, 5,500 Discovery Milestone Passed!
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On Aug. 24, 2023, more than three decades after the first confirmation of planets beyond our own solar system, scientists…

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NASA’s Webb Investigates Eternal Sunrises, Sunsets on Distant World
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Near-infrared spectral analysis of terminator confirms differences in morning and evening atmosphere Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have…

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Webb Cracks Case of Inflated Exoplanet
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Why is the warm gas-giant exoplanet WASP-107 b so puffy? Two independent teams of researchers have an answer. Data collected…

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NASA’s Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away
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An international team of researchers has successfully used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to map the weather on the hot…

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That Starry Night Sky? It’s Full of Eclipses
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Our star, the Sun, on occasion joins forces with the Moon to offer us Earthlings a spectacular solar eclipse –…

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Discovery Alert: a Long Year for a ‘Cold Saturn’
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Two recently discovered exoplanets, gas giants possibly similar to Saturn, could be candidates for further atmospheric investigation.

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