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A Planet Just 41 Light-Years From Earth Has an Atmosphere and Is Covered in a Magma Ocean
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Scientists have spotted a rocky exoplanet with a possible atmosphere, which they believe may be burbling out from a magma ...
NASA exoplanet telescope discovers ‘super-Earth’ in its star’s Goldilocks zone
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NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has spotted a ‘super-Earth’ planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a relatively nearby ...
James Webb Space Telescope could look for ‘carbon-lite’ exoplanet atmospheres in search for alien life
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When it comes to detecting the presence of liquid water on planets outside the solar system, and thus the conditions ...
Massive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
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Imagine you’re a farmer searching for eggs in the chicken coop – but instead of a chicken egg, you find ...
Massive exoplanet orbiting small star upends planet formation theories
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