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First Moon Outside Our Solar System Detected by VLT

Scientists using ESO's Very Large Telescope found a Jupiter-sized body orbiting a brown dwarf — the most compelling exomoon detection ever made.

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Scientists Find Faintest Exoplanet Ever Seen From Earth

Two independent teams — one using JWST, one the Very Large Telescope — confirmed Beta Pictoris d, a gas giant that had hidden in telescope images for over a decade.

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Astronomers Find 27 New "Tatooine" Planets Orbiting Two Suns

A new survey announced on Star Wars Day more than doubles the known count of planets orbiting two stars at once — jumping the catalog from 18 to 45.

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JWST Spots Water-Ice Clouds on a Jupiter-Like World 12 Light-Years Away

The James Webb Space Telescope directly imaged Epsilon Indi Ab, a cool gas giant near Earth's neighborhood, and found water-ice clouds where current models said there shouldn't be any.

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Webb Telescope Discovers a Bizarre 'Sulfur World' — A Brand-New Type of Exoplanet

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified an entirely new class of exoplanet: a sulfur-drenched world with a molten interior, just 35 light-years from Earth.