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'Warm Jupiter' exoplanet 300 light-years away found by amateur astronomers
A network of citizen scientists recently found a "warm" Jupiter 300 light-years from Earth that can reveal clues about how our own Jupiter and solar system evolved.
Why the 7 worlds of TRAPPIST-1 waltz in peculiar patterns
The complex history of the orbits of the TRAPPIST-1 planets has been revealed, showing how they interacted with the disk of gas and dust that gave birth to them.
Giant exoplanet the size of 2 Jupiters has a hidden companion disturbing its orbit
Using the NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft TESS, astronomers have discovered a hot Jupiter dancing with a hidden super-Earth companion.
Some rocky exoplanets could have huge amounts of water in their molten cores
Young, hot planets could soak up a lot of water into their core, with up to 10 times more water inside than on the surface of the planet.
Have astronomers found the 'secret recipe' for rapid planet growth?
Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus may dominate the solar system, but their formation remains mysterious. A new model could account for these planets' rapid and efficient births.
The discovery of a new Earth-like planet could shed further light on what makes a planet habitable
A team of international scientists has announced the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet just 40 light-years away.
These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life (video)
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescope, scientists have investigated if nearby exoplanets could support life, or if their stars are blasting them with too much deadly high-energy radiation.
The 10 most Earth-like exoplanets
Reference Scientists have found more than 5,000 exoplanets since the first such world was confirmed orbiting a sunlike star in 1995. We explore the ones most similar to Earth.
