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A new, Jupiter-size planet is on the verge of being born, and astronomers have incredible images of itA gorgeous new image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could finally explain how Jupiter-size planets are born from chaotic fields of gas.
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1st known 'Trojan' planets discovered locked in the exact same orbit around a starA distant Jupiter-size planet could have the shattered remains of a smaller sibling in its tow.
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Star system with galaxy-like 'arms' may be holding a secret planetA distant star system has Milky Way-like spiral arms orbiting it. New research suggests a giant planet may be to blame.
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Mirror-like exoplanet that 'shouldn't exist' is the shiniest world ever discoveredA distant planet named LTT9779 b reflects 80% of its star's light, making the strange world with metal clouds the biggest known "mirror" in the universe.
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Mysterious 'zombie planet' Halla seems to have survived the explosive death of its star. How?The Jupiter-sized exoplanet Halla has somehow survived the death of its star, and astronomers aren't sure how.
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Bizarre object hotter than the sun is orbiting a distant star at breakneck speedScientists have discovered a weird celestial object that's blurring the line between planet and star.
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There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggestsA new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.
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James Webb telescope discovers ancient 'water world' in nearby star systemThe James Webb Space Telescope took its first close look at a "mini-Neptune" — the most common type of planet beyond our solar system — and found signs of water.
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For the first time, scientists watched a dying star swallow a planet wholeAstronomers have spotted a bright flash of light from a Jupiter-size world being consumed by its own star in a preview of Earth’s likely fate.
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