Temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b may be a world completely covered in ice (left) similar to Jupiter’s moon Europa or…
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Concept art of HD 189733 b, the closest transiting hot Jupiter to Earth. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins University Researchers…
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Researchers suggest that the scarcity of oceans, continents, and long-term plate tectonics on exoplanets likely explains the rarity of advanced…
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Artist’s concept of an exoplanet in the process of being terraformed. Detecting specific potent greenhouse gases on distant planets could…
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Diagram of discovered exoplanet orbits. The orbits of exoplanets close to their parent stars tend to become circular over time,…
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Researchers have shown through high-energy laser experiments that magnesium oxide is likely the first mineral to solidify in super-Earth formation,…
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The sulfur-laden atmosphere discovered on gaseous exoplanet GJ 3470 b, shown here in an illustration orbiting its star in the…
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An artist’s concept of WASP-107 b shows turbulent atmospheric mixing within the planet’s gas envelope. Credit: Roberto Molar Candanosa/Johns Hopkins…
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By Knicole Colón and Christopher Stark, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center June 9, 2024 NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is…
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Artist’s concept of TIC365102760 b, nicknamed Phoenix for its ability to survive a red giant star’s intense radiation from up…
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