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James Webb telescope makes ultra-rare detection of 2 planets orbiting dead starsThe James Webb Space Telescope has detected two alien planets orbiting white dwarfs, the collapsed husks of once-mighty stars. The discovery offers a hint of what our solar system will look like after the sun's eventual demise.
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Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate existence of 1st moons seen beyond our solar systemTeam "pro-exomoon" is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity.
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Physics-breaking 'rogue' objects spotted by James Webb telescope are emitting radio signals that scientists can't explainA bizarre object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope may be a pair of 'rogue' planets ― but a new study finds they are emitting radio signals rarely seen from other worlds.
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5 Earth-like worlds may lurk in the outer reaches of the solar system, simulations suggestThe young sun may have captured several Mars- or Mercury-size exoplanets that now orbit in the outer reaches of the solar system, but identifying them will be extremely challenging.
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Scientists have a new way to find oceans — and possible alien life — on distant planetsScientists have proposed a new technique to help researchers identify oceans on exoplanets — a key step to finding life outside our planet.
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NASA identifies 17 planets with possible subsurface oceans, and they could be fit for lifeA new NASA survey identified 17 exoplanets that may have the right conditions for liquid water oceans hidden beneath icy shells. The planets could be good candidates in the search for alien life.
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Enormous planet discovered around tiny star could break our understanding of solar system formationThe massive planet LHS 3154b orbits a star much smaller than Earth's sun, and its discovery could upend everything we think we know about how solar systems form.
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6 alien worlds have been 'waltzing' in perfect rhythm for 4 billion yearsSix exoplanets with sizes between Earth and Neptune have been in rhythm with each other since they were born around the same star 4 billion years ago, new research suggests.
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Scientists may finally understand why large alien planets keep turning into 'super-Earths'New research finds that certain large exoplanets are shrinking due to internal processes, creating an abundance of rocky 'super-Earths'.
