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Tagged: Exoplanets

  • Bridging the heavens and Earth

    Read it at MIT News

    September 17, 2024

  • Planet as Light as Cotton Candy Surprises Astronomers

    Read it at The Wall Street Journal

    August 21, 2024

  • Strange planet with a backward, cucumber-shape orbit is turning into another kind of world

    Read it at CNN

    July 17, 2024

  • Unusual giant planet as fluffy as cotton candy spotted by astronomers

    Read it at CNN

    May 16, 2024

  • Earth-sized planet spotted orbiting small star with 100 times sun’s lifespan

    Read it at The Guardian

    May 15, 2024

  • ‘Super Fluffy’: Planet Resembling Cotton Candy Discovered

    Read it at Newsweek

    May 14, 2024

  • This giant gas planet is as fluffy and puffy as cotton candy

    Read it at Associated Press

    May 14, 2024

  • Search For Fire And Water To Find Alien Civilizations, Say New Studies

    Read it at Forbes

    January 11, 2024

  • Planet hunting and the origins of life

    Read it at MIT News

    March 27, 2023

  • The weather on this exoplanet includes metal clouds and rain made of precious gems

    Read it at CNN

    February 21, 2022

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