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Jupiter-sized planets may form in just 1 million years, shocking scientists
As per the study conducted by scientists at Ohio State University, these gas giants could form in just 1 to 2 million years, ...
Webb telescope images of exoplanets "stunned researchers," offer insight into carbon dioxide, NASA says
The gas giants outside our solar system are not capable of hosting extraterrestrial life, but do offer clues in a lingering ...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees four giant alien planets circling nearby star (images)
"We have been waiting for 10 years to confirm that our finely tuned operations of the telescope would also allow us to access ...
Which planet has the most moons? Saturn dethrones Jupiter.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...
Scientists Observe Carbon Dioxide on Planets Outside the Solar System for the First Time
The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...
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Large alien planets may be born in chaos, NASA's retired exoplanet-hunter finds
Using the now-retired Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger planets grow up in more turbulent homes ...
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures Images of Individual Planets in Distant Star System
Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...
Scientists hunted for planets around our cosmic neighbor. They found 4.
"It’s a really exciting find — Barnard’s Star is our cosmic neighbor, and yet we know so little about it," Ritvik Basant, an ...
Cosmic Breakthrough as Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide on Young Alien Planets
Giant Exoplanets in HR 8799 System Likely Formed Like Jupiter and Saturn The first exoplanet was discovered in the 1990s, but ...
Gargantuan Globes
Scientists estimate there are ~1 septillion (1 followed by 24 zeros) planets in the observable universe. This figure is based ...
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JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has achieved groundbreaking discoveries in the field of exoplanet studies.
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"We've Been Wrong For A Long Time": Protoplanetary Disks Are Much Smaller Than We Thought
The smallest disk identified, meanwhile, stretched to just 0.6 AU – closer to the star than the Earth is to the Sun.