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Webb solves mystery of puffy exoplanet WASP-107 b

WASP-107 b is a gas giant exoplanet, one of many lightest and least-dense ever found. Astronomers have questioned why it’s so “puffy.” Two analysis...

Exoplanet WASP-43 b weather is hot and wild

Climate on exoplanet WASP-43 b We will’t but immediately see the climate on exoplanets. However for some nearer worlds, the James Webb Space Telescope...

Webb telescope peers into young planetary systems

The James Webb Area Telescope has now acquired pictures of three planet-forming disks. These are disks of fuel and dust round younger stars,...

Rainbow-like glory on an exoplanet is 1st-ever detected

Astronomers have detected what seems to be a glory – the identical optical phenomenon you typically see out the window of an airplane...

The ESPRESSO planet-hunter looks at Jupiter

The ESPRESSO spectrograph – on the Very Massive Telescope (VLT) in Chile – is primarily a planet-hunter. It’s designed to seek for planets...

The strange case of 2 missing giant exomoons (and maybe others)

Wanting outward into our Milky Way galaxy, astronomers have found over 5,500 confirmed exoplanets, or planets orbiting distant stars. And there are 1000's...

Can haze on water worlds aid in the search for life?

There’s rising proof for water worlds in our galaxy, worlds even richer in water than Earth. Some distant planets is likely to be...

Mists of tiny quartz crystals on a giant hot exoplanet

About 1,300 light-years away, cloudy mists are swirling within the excessive ambiance of an enormous, scorching exoplanet referred to as WASP-17 b. However...

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See 6 planets in late August and early September

See 6 planets earlier than dawn Possibly you’ve already seen Jupiter and Mars within the morning sky? They’re simply...

Voyager 2: Our 1st and last visit to Neptune

Reprinted from NASA. Voyager 2 passes by Neptune, 35 years in the past Thirty-five years in the past, on August...

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