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NASA Scientists Spot Candidate for Speediest Exoplanet System - NASA
Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, the pair sets a new record for theAshley Balzer (NASA)
Discovery Alert: A Planet with a 'Tail' - NASA Science
The Planet WASP-69 b The Discovery The exoplanet WASP-69 b has a “tail,” leaving a trail of gas in its wake.science.nasa.gov
Discovery Alert: A Rare Glimpse of a Newborn Planet - NASA Science
The Discovery A huge planet with a long name – IRAS 04125+2902 b – is really just a baby: only 3 million years old.science.nasa.gov
Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io? - NASA
The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may provide indirect evidence for one.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Discovery Alert: With Six New Worlds, 5,500 Discovery Milestone Passed! - NASA Science
On Aug. 24, 2023, more than three decades after the first confirmation of planets beyond our own solar system, scientists announced the discovery of six new exoplanets, stretching that number to 5,502.science.nasa.gov
NASA’s TESS Finds Intriguing World Sized Between Earth, Venus - NASA Science
Using observations by NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) and many other facilities, two international teams of astronomers have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus only 40 light-years away.science.nasa.gov
Discovery Alert: a Long Year for a 'Cold Saturn'
Two recently discovered exoplanets, gas giants possibly similar to Saturn, could be candidates for further atmospheric investigation.science.nasa.gov
Discovery Alert: Glowing Cloud Points to a Cosmic Collision - NASA Science
Scientists find that a glowing cloud that obscured a star was caused by a cataclysmic collision of two giant exoplanets.science.nasa.gov
Discovery Alert: Earth-sized Planet Has a 'Lava Hemisphere' - NASA Science
In a system with two known planets, astronomers saw a small object cross the Sun-sized star. It was another world: extra hot and Earth-sized.science.nasa.gov
Seeing and Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet Images - NASA Science
Fifteen years ago, astronomers delivered what is now an iconic direct image of an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b. What's next?science.nasa.gov
Seeing and Believing: 15 Years of Exoplanet Images - NASA Science
Fifteen years ago, astronomers delivered what is now an iconic direct image of an exoplanet, Beta Pictoris b. What's next?science.nasa.gov
Scorching, Seven-Planet System Revealed by New Kepler Exoplanet List - NASA
A system of seven sweltering planets has been revealed by continued study of data from NASA’s retired Kepler space telescope: Each one is bathed in moreFrank Tavares (NASA)