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New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal the surprising origin of the ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b ...

A series of studies have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists ...

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A team of astronomers led by a British student found traces of the first-ever-discovered planet moving in a polar orbit ...

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Quantum coronagraph filters stellar light using spatial photon sorting New tech may image Earth-like exoplanets near ...

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How do ultra-hot Jupiters form and evolve? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated | Space ...