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Newfound Earth-size exoplanet has a scorching-hot lava side
NASA's exoplanet-hunting TESS spacecraft has discovered an Earth-sized alien world called HD 63433 d that is surprisingly young and has a hemisphere of scorching-hot lava.
This huge exoplanet's comet-like tail is 350,000 miles long and scientists are thrilled
A hot Jupiter exoplanet's comet-like tail is far longer than previously thought, spanning at least 350,000 miles, scientists say.
12 out-of-this-world exoplanet discoveries in 2023
From scorching hot Jupiters to worlds that seem to be a little like Earth, here are 2023's most exciting exoplanet finds.
This alien planetary system has a Jupiter world 99 times wider than Earth
Astronomers found two planetary systems centered around solar analogs containing mini-Neptune planets and a "super-Jupiter" world 99 times the size of Earth.
NASA identifies 17 exoplanets with possible subsurface oceans
Internal heating may be able to keep water in liquid form within these exoplanets.
Tiny 14-inch satellite studies 'hot Jupiter' exoplanets evaporating into space
Hot Jupiters are gas giants so close to their star that the star's heat and radiation can blow the planets' atmosphere away.
That’s no moon! Scientists doubt proposed detection of the 1st exomoons
Scientists aren't sure whether humanity really detected moons outside the solar system.
This 'forbidden' exoplanet is way too massive for its star
"This discovery really drives home the point of just how little we know about the universe. We wouldn’t expect a planet this heavy around such a low-mass star to exist."
