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Webb examines how planets form around Beta Pictoris

Exoplanets, Science

Hubble finds signature of water vapor in exoplanet GJ 9827d’s atmosphere

Alien Life, Science

Why do astronomers look for signs of life on other planets based on what life is like on Earth?

Exoplanets, Science

New exoplanet discovered in habitable zone of a multi-star system

An artist’s concept of the exoplanet SPECULOOS-3 b orbiting its red dwarf star. The planet is as big around as Earth, while its star is slightly bigger than Jupiter – but much more massive. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Found: An Earth-sized exoplanet named SPECULOOS-3 b

This artist illustration shows WASP-69b, which sits about 163 light years from Earth, orbiting its host star. Credit: Gabriel Perez Diaz, SMM (IAC).

WASP-69b — and its weird tail — help us understand the cosmos

The Orion nebula as seen by the JWST, appears like a pillowy, colorful, massive cloud of gas and dust.

Exoplanets, Stars

JWST spots oceans’ worth of water evaporating from a star’s planet-forming disk

Is Earth the only Goldilocks planet?

An illustration of Exoplanet TOI-715 b

Recently discovered super-Earth might be habitable — and it could have a sibling

artist's concept of the HD 63433 system

Nearest young Earth-sized planet could shed light on how terrestrial worlds evolve

Music from planetary orbits, created by astronomers at the European Southern Observatory.

Exoplanets, Science, Solar System

The beautifully harmonic patterns in space, explained by an astronomer

Astronomers spy a small, cool exoplanet with a months-long year