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Glowing a dark magenta, the newly discovered exoplanet GJ 504b, as seen in this space wallpaper, weighs in with about four times Jupiter's mass, making it the lowest-mass planet ever directly ...
This beautiful space wallpaper is an artist’s impression of an exoplanet seen from its moon. The diversity of exoplanets is large — more than 800 planets outside the Solar System have been ...
An exoplanet discovered in 2020 contains the coldest temperatures ever measured on a planetary body, according to scientists.
Where is it? GJ 504 b's main star is located in the constellation Virgo, which is about 60 light-years away. The distance between the exoplanet and its star, GJ 504, is 44 astronomical units (au ...
An exoplanet 60 light-years away from Earth, known as 14 Herculis c, is thought to be the coldest one yet found, researchers claim in a new study.
This discovery is out of this world. For the first time since its operations began in 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a direct image, published by the journal Nature, of a ...
New research points toward an exoplanet that may be capable of supporting life 20 light-years away from Earth.
3D map of exoplanet atmosphere shows wacky climate "This planet’s atmosphere behaves in ways that challenge our understanding of how weather works." ...
Glow of an exoplanet may be from starlight reflecting off liquid iron A phenomenon called a "glory" may be happening on a hellishly hot giant planet.
NASA's Webb telescope has discovered an exoplanet, which is any planet that is outside of our solar system, for the first time, the agency announced Wednesday.
An artist impression of exoplanet LTT9779b orbiting its host star. The planet is around the size of Neptune and reflects 80% of the light shone on it, making it the largest known “mirror” in ...
An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new Earth-sized exoplanet that orbits an ultracool dwarf star located just 54.6 light years away. The newfound alien world ...