When scientists study exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, they often lack three-dimensional information.

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TOI-561b, a rocky planet orbiting its star in 10.7 hours, has Bond albedo 0.74 matching Venus, sustained by silicate mineral ...

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Questions about growing plants beyond Earth led researchers to build a baseline of the elements found in plants.

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New research reveals that molten rock can absorb far more oxygen than expected, potentially helping explain how Earth's ...

Using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have unraveled some of the atmospheric secrets of a bizarre, blisteringly hot world that has the consistency of marshmallow. Given ...

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In this artist’s concept, the exoplanet LHS 1140 b is shown in the foreground, surrounded by a helium-rich atmosphere. Another nearby rocky planet orbits the same cool red dwarf star in the distance.

In a major milestone in the search for life on planets outside our solar system, astronomers have detected, for the first time, an atmosphere surrounding an Earth-like, rocky planet orbiting within ...