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Sand clouds and moon nurseries: Webb’s dazzling exoplanet reveal

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Sand clouds and moon nurseries: Webb’s dazzling exoplanet reveal

Astrophysicists have gained precious new insights into how distant “exoplanets” form and what their atmospheres can look like, after using…

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Webb reveals the origin of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b

3 weeks ago
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Webb reveals the origin of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b

Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have provided new clues about how the exoplanet WASP-121b has formed and…

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Scientists innovate mid-infrared photodetectors for exoplanet detection, expanding applications to environmental and medical fields

May 9, 2025
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Scientists innovate mid-infrared photodetectors for exoplanet detection, expanding applications to environmental and medical fields

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) utilizes mid-infrared spectroscopy to precisely analyze molecular components such as water vapor and sulfur…

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Exoplanet with two ‘suns’ is even more unique than Tatooine

April 16, 2025
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Exoplanet with two ‘suns’ is even more unique than Tatooine

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 The image of Luke Skywalker gazing wistfully across the desert of Tatooine while a…

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Beyond our solar system: scientists identify a new exoplanet candidate

March 5, 2025
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Beyond our solar system: scientists identify a new exoplanet candidate

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet — a planet that orbits a star outside of our…

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