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Shiny, happy planet: Newly discovered exoplanet is largest known “mirror” in the universe
Salon via Yahoo News· 10 months agoexoplanet LTT9779b orbiting its host starESA/Ricardo Ramírez Reyes/Universidad de Chile Imagine an...
Metal clouds turn scorching hot exoplanet into the universe's largest mirror
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAn illustration of the exoplanet LTT9779b as it orbits its star Astronomers have discovered the most...
How exoplanet hunters find alien worlds hundreds of light-years away and figure out if they have...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIllustration of the Kepler-138 star system, which is located 218 light-years away.NASA, ESA, and...
'Unraveling new worlds:' European astronomers find clouds made of sand on distant exoplanet
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoA giant gas planet located 200 million lightyears away had already caught the attention of...
Astronomers discover new six-planet system
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAstronomers have discovered a rare six-planet star system. The planets orbit their central star in a rhythmic beat, a rare case of an “in sync”...
Super-Earths are bigger, more common and more habitable than Earth itself – and astronomers are...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAstronomers think the most likely place to find life in the galaxy is on super-Earths, like...
Astronomers find new, nearby planet that is entirely covered in water
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAstronomers have discovered a nearby exoplanet that may prove to be the first such world covered in...
Astronomers discover potential "water world" exoplanet nearby Earth
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists announced this week the discovery of a nearby "super-Earth" that could potentially...
Elusive exoplanet is 'cosmic sculptor' that carved spiral arms of its star
Space via Yahoo News· 10 months agoTwo images showing how a giant exoplanet is carving spiral arms round its parent star. Astronomers...
New 'warm Jupiter' exoplanet has a weird orbit and another planet may be to blame
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoa gaseous planet orbits close to a nearby star, causing some of its gases to be burned off into...