Exoplanet Discoveries
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Discovery Alert: A Planet with a ‘Tail’
The Planet WASP-69 b The Discovery The exoplanet WASP-69 b has a “tail,” leaving a trail of gas in its…
Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet
The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only…
Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io?
The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may…
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Discovery Alert: With Six New Worlds, 5,500 Discovery Milestone Passed!
On Aug. 24, 2023, more than three decades after the first confirmation of planets beyond our own solar system, scientists…
NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus
Using observations by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered…
