A new look at TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized, habitable-zone exoplanet

Of the seven Earth-sized worlds orbiting the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, one planet in particular has attracted the attention of scientists. This planet orbits the star within the "Goldilocks zone"—a ...
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NASA craft hears a red giant ‘sing’ to a black hole

A distant red giant star is rippling with seismic vibrations, and for the first time, a NASA spacecraft has translated those ...

First Exomoon Candidate Is Of Monstrous Proportions — The Size Of Seven Neptunes

Astronomers have identified a colossal exomoon candidate roughly seven Neptune masses orbiting the giant world HD 206893 B — ...
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A giant helium cloud is escaping from a distant planet, and JWST just captured it!

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just made a fascinating discovery, capturing an exoplanet shedding its atmosphere ...
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Can We Image Alien Earths? This Newfound Object Could Show the Way

Using direct imaging, astronomers have found a brown dwarf that could help test technology for taking snapshots of Earthlike ...

First discoveries from new Subaru Telescope program reveal massive planet and brown dwarf

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaiʻi have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars.