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Researchers came to the conclusion that super-Earths can exist as far from their host star as our gas giants are from the sun ...
A distant flicker of light from a star can reveal more than you might expect. In fact, a brief, subtle brightening in the sky ...
Astronomers have found that super-Earth exoplanets are more abundant throughout the universe than previously believed.
A study by the University of Cambridge detects potential signs of life on exoplanet K2-18b. While optimistic about the ...
Astronomers have discovered that super-Earth exoplanets are more common than thought, with one likely existing for every ...
In 2020, astronomers detected WD 1856+534 b, a gas giant that orbits a star 81 light-years from Earth. This exoplanet, which ...
The planet is "crumbling to pieces," shedding the equivalent of Mount Everest’s mass every 30.5-hour orbit and will be ...
Astronomers from MIT have uncovered a dramatic celestial spectacle: a Mercury-sized exoplanet that is rapidly disintegrating ...
In addition to the exoplanet’s polar orbit, the brown dwarf pair itself is extraordinarily rare. They form an eclipsing ...
Scientists have discovered an exoplanet 140 light-years away that's rapidly disintegrating as it orbits its star every 30 ...
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are working to confirm potential evidence of life on a distant exoplanet ...
New analysis casts doubt on potential biosignatures detected in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b that could indicate the ...