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Exoplanet hunters may be misrepresenting the likelihood of their findings
There's nothing to get a scientist's heart pumping like a good, old-fashioned statistical debate. When it comes to topics ...
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NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft and citizen scientists discover a cool new alien world
A new gas giant world discovered by citizen scientists using data from NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS is cool, ...
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A New Exoplanet Resets the Scale
TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...
A new alloy is enabling ultra-stable structures needed for exoplanet discovery
A unique new material that shrinks when it is heated and expands when it is cooled could help enable the ultra-stable space ...
NASA’s exoplanet hunting spacecraft discovers a ‘cool’ new alien world that’s bigger than Jupiter
Named TOI-4465 b, the exoplanet caught astronomers' attention as it acts as a bridge between scorching gas giants and ice ...
The odd new worlds we've discovered in 2025
Astronomers have discovered over 100 new alien worlds so far this year — some many light-years away from Earth — that ...
Astronomers confirm new gas giant exoplanet with help from citizen scientists worldwide
Astronomers from the University of New Mexico, along with U.S. and international researchers, have confirmed the existence of ...
New exoplanet found 400 light years from Earth with help from army of amateur astronomers
An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. Most of them orbit other stars, but some free-floating exoplanets, called ...