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The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

Webb Telescope Captures Its First Direct Images of Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a ...

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A new classification scheme may help us better understand planet formation — including the history of our own family of worlds.

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Our solar system, in contrast ... “Breaking a classification scheme is sometimes what pushes science forward,” says Seligman. Much effort has been put into classifying the nearly 6,000 ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away ...

Solar eclipses are some of the most awe-inspiring natural phenomena, but have you ever wondered why they happen? In this article, we delve into the science behind a solar eclipse, explaining how ...

So exactly how many solar system moons have we found ... Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics in Taiwan, told Live Science in an email. Astronomers have found dozens of new planetary moons ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799 ... an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute who ...