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Stories tagged “exoplanets”

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Two Super-Puff Planets Found Lighter Than Cotton Candy

Oxford astronomers confirmed two gas giant planets less dense than cotton candy — among the least dense worlds ever found — with citizen scientists and NASA's TESS telescope leading the way.

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First Atmosphere Found on Habitable-Zone World LHS 1140b

Scientists detected helium escaping from rocky exoplanet LHS 1140b—48 light-years away in its star's habitable zone—making it a prime candidate for life.

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JWST Cracks the 'Pink Planet' Mystery: Salt Clouds 57 Light-Years Away

The James Webb Space Telescope has finally peered inside GJ 504b, a strange pink-hued world orbiting a sun-like star, and found something never confirmed before in such an object: skies laced with salt.

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Astronomers Detect Magnetic Fields Around Exoplanets for the First Time

Using the Very Large Telescope, astronomers measured planet-wide magnetic fields on seven hot Jupiters — a key ingredient for habitability and a first in exoplanet science.

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JWST Just Read the Surface of a Distant Planet for the First Time

Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to directly characterize the rocky surface of LHS 3844 b — a tidally locked super-Earth 49 light-years away — confirming it is a barren, atmosphere-free world.