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A recent study published in The Astrophysucal Journal Letters discusses the detection of water within the atmosphere of GJ 9827…
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A recent study presented this week at the 2023 meeting of the American Geophysical Union discusses observations of “hot Jupiters”…
We have been treated to some amazing aurora displays over recent months. The enigmatic lights are caused by charged particles…
A recent study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society examines formation mechanisms for how binary planets—two…
A pair of recent studies conduct in-depth analyses of Jupiter-sized exoplanets, also known as Exo-Jupiters, and were published in Nature…
A recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters used data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) Mid-Infrared…