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NASA/MIT TESS replaced Kepler in search for exoplanets

December 3, 2019 Science

NASA’s exoplanet-hunting mission catches a natural comet outburst in unprecedented detail

Using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers at the University of Maryland (UMD), in College Park, Maryland,

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This artist's impression shows one of the three newly discovered planets

November 10, 2019 Science

Nearby “Lensing” Exoplanet Confirmed

Researchers using telescopes around the world confirmed and characterized an exoplanet orbiting a nearby star through a rare phenomenon known

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October 12, 2019 Science

This exoplanet challenges our understanding of planet formation

The discovery of yet another exoplanet is no longer news. More than 4,000 planets around other stars have now been

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An artist’s impression of the planet K2-18 b, its red dwarf host star, and another accompanying planet in the system.

September 13, 2019 Science

Astronomers Find Water on an Exoplanet Twice the Size of Earth

Twenty years ago, almost to the day, two competing teams of astronomers independently discovered the first known transiting exoplanet—a world

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An artist's depiction of the stellar system Kepler-9 and two of its planets. Astronomers have confirmed the very low densities of two of Kepler-9's planets using both transit-timing and radial velocity methods. Credit: NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Ames Research Center

June 24, 2019 Science

The low density of some exoplanets is confirmed

The Kepler mission and its extension, called K2, discovered thousands of exoplanets. It detected them using the transit technique, measuring

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Exoplanet NGTS-4b -- also known as 'The Forbidden Planet' Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick

May 29, 2019 Science

The ‘Forbidden’ planet has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’

An exoplanet smaller than Neptune with its own atmosphere has been discovered in the Neptunian Desert, by an international collaboration

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April 12, 2019 Science

Life May Be Evolving on the Closest Alien Planet to Earth

A few decades ago, we didn’t know if there were any planets outside our solar system. Thanks to advances in

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This artist’s illustration shows a giant cloud of hydrogen streaming off a warm, Neptune-sized planet just 97 light-years from Earth.

December 15, 2018 Science

In Search of Missing Worlds, Hubble Finds a Fast Evaporating Exoplanet

Fishermen would be puzzled if they netted only big and little fish, but few medium-sized fish. Astronomers likewise have been

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December 9, 2018 Science

Helium exoplanet inflated like a balloon, research shows

Astronomers have discovered a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its atmosphere, which has swollen to resemble an

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August 29, 2018 Science

Scientist develops database for stellar-exoplanet ‘exploration’

A Southwest Research Institute scientist is using big data to help the scientific community characterize exoplanets, particularly alien worlds orbiting

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August 3, 2017 Science

“Glowing” Water Atmosphere Detected on an Exoplanet For The First Time

Thanks again, Hubble. For the first time, scientists have detected water molecules “glowing” around a planet outside our Solar System,

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