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Gaia-4b is the most massive planet known to orbit a low-mass star. Also, see an animation for Gaia-5b, a brown dwarf orbiting a low-mass star. They were detected by the European Space Agency’s Gaia ...
A team of researchers has outlined how a new "direct fusion drive" propulsion system could allow us to reach Sedna this ...
What can Earth-sized exoplanets teach scientists about the formation and evolution of exoplanets throughout the cosmos? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to ...
TOI-6894 b, the largest exoplanet relative to its host star yet seen, doesn’t fit the most widely accepted formation model ...
James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...
A rare Jupiter-sized planet AT2021uey b was found 3,200 light-years away using microlensing, a method based on Einstein's ...
Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope may have directly imaged a Saturn-mass planet orbiting the young star TWA 7.
Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.
Astronomers confirm TOI-5573 b, a rare, miniature Saturn-like planet orbiting a small star, challenging theories of planetary ...
The findings underscore Webb's capability to explore low-mass planets around nearby stars, offering new insights into planet ...
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provided the first direct image of a planet with a mass similar to Saturn's, ...
Despite being covered in impact craters that could potentially send pieces of the planet into space, we have never found a ...