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Cotton candy exoplanet is 2nd lightest planet ever found
SPACE.com· 1 day agoAstronomers have discovered a new planetary oddball beyond the solar system that is as fluffy and...
Astronomers Spot Airless Earth-Sized Planet
ExtremeTech· 4 hours agoWith powerful observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers are learning more about exoplanet atmospheres than ever before. Astronomers from MIT in the US ...
Giant planet is light as cotton candy
WJW via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have identified a planet that’s bigger than Jupiter yet surprisingly as fluffy and light as cotton candy. The ...
The surface of this volcanic exoplanet is hotter than some stars
SPACE.com· 3 days agoAn exoplanet covered in so many volcanoes that its molten surface radiates a fiery red has been...
SPECULOOS Uncovers Earth-Sized Exoplanet Just 55 Light-Years Away
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoThe SPECULOOS project has just discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet around SPECULOOS-3, an “ultracool dwarf” star as small as Jupiter, twice as cold as our Sun, and located ...
A massive cotton candy-like exoplanet stumps astronomers
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAn illustration of what exoplanet WASP-39 b could look like. It is also a hot and puffy gas giant...
Giant ‘ultra-light’ planet bigger than Jupiter is ‘fluffy like cotton candy’
The US Sun· 1 day agoSCIENTISTS have discovered a unique, fluffy exoplanet that is 50% bigger than Jupiter over a thousand light-years away. The exoplanet, named WASP-193b, ...
New Earth-sized planet discovered next to star that will outlive the Sun
The Independent US via AOL· 1 day agoAstronomers have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a star with a lifespan 100 times...
Possible atmosphere on rocky exoplanet found for 1st time
EarthSky· 2 days agoAn international team of astronomers studied rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e for evidence of an...
Saturn-Sized Exoplanet Isn't Losing Mass Quickly Enough
Universe Today· 2 days agoAmongst the veritable cosmic menagerie of exoplanets, it seems there is a real shortage of...