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Astronomers Discover New Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting Jupiter-Sized Red Dwarf Star
This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is named Speculoos-3b and is located relatively close to the Earth, just 55 light-years away.
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James Webb Telescope Discovers Jupiter-Sized 'Fluffy' Planet Where Sand Falls As Rain
This planet's atmosphere functions similarly to Earth's water cycle, but with sand instead of water.
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James Webb Telescope Spots Jupiter-Sized Objects Floating In Space, Astronomers Clueless
Around 40 pairs of these objects were identified by the James Webb Space Telescope during a survey of the Orion Nebula.
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Temperatures on These Exoplanets Are Melting Rocks, NASA Hubble Space Telescope Reveals
NASA scientists have found planets where the temperature goes past 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (roughly 1650 degrees Celsius), enough to melt even titanium. The two planets cited are WASP-178b, an exoplanet 1300 light-years away, and KELT-20b, a massive Jupiter-sized exoplanet 400 light-years away.
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Jupiter-Sized Planet Found in Triple-Star System
Known planets with three stars appearing in their sky are rare - the new discovery is just the fourth and the closest one yet.
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Astronomers Discover New Earth-Sized Planet Orbiting Jupiter-Sized Red Dwarf Star
This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is named Speculoos-3b and is located relatively close to the Earth, just 55 light-years away.
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James Webb Telescope Discovers Jupiter-Sized 'Fluffy' Planet Where Sand Falls As Rain
This planet's atmosphere functions similarly to Earth's water cycle, but with sand instead of water.
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James Webb Telescope Spots Jupiter-Sized Objects Floating In Space, Astronomers Clueless
Around 40 pairs of these objects were identified by the James Webb Space Telescope during a survey of the Orion Nebula.
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Temperatures on These Exoplanets Are Melting Rocks, NASA Hubble Space Telescope Reveals
NASA scientists have found planets where the temperature goes past 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (roughly 1650 degrees Celsius), enough to melt even titanium. The two planets cited are WASP-178b, an exoplanet 1300 light-years away, and KELT-20b, a massive Jupiter-sized exoplanet 400 light-years away.
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Jupiter-Sized Planet Found in Triple-Star System
Known planets with three stars appearing in their sky are rare - the new discovery is just the fourth and the closest one yet.
