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Engadgettechnology12 days ago
NASA's TESS Spacecraft Discovers Two Low-Density Exoplanets in Same System
NASA's TESS spacecraft identified two exoplanets with densities comparable to cotton candy. TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c orbit the same star with unusually long periods and interact gravitationally. A team led by George Dansfield at Oxford University made the find using seven years of…
Abc Newstechnology14 days ago
Astronomers Identify Two Largest Known Super-Puff Planets
Researchers detected a pair of Jupiter-sized planets with densities lower than cotton candy. The planets orbit a star 1,110 light-years away and were observed using NASA’s Tess satellite.
Euronewsworld10 days agoUpdated
Astronomers Identify Largest Super-Puff Planets Found to Date
Two giant planets with densities lower than cotton candy orbit a star 1,110 light-years away. Detected by NASA’s TESS satellite, the worlds are the lightest known planets of their size.
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hothardware.comscience21 days ago
Astronomers Identify Distant Brown Dwarf Aligned with Two Known Exoplanets
Astronomers have confirmed a brown dwarf orbiting in the same plane as a warm Jupiter and a hot super-Earth around a star 155 light years away. The alignment supports theories that planets form within disks and remain coplanar over time.
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gizmodo.comtechnology27 days ago
CBS News/YouGov Poll: Most Americans Believe Intelligent Life Exists on Other Planets, but Views Split on UFO Causes
A June 2026 survey of 2,023 U.S. adults shows rising belief in extraterrestrial life and widespread suspicion that the government withholds information on UFOs.
nasa.govscience61 days ago
Astronomers Identify More Than 10000 Exoplanet Candidates in NASA TESS Data
Researchers reanalyzed the first year of observations from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and found 11554 candidate exoplanets. More than 10000 of these had not been identified in previous searches. The findings extend the search distance to 6800 light-years from Ea…
theconversation.comworld66 days ago
Astronomers Identify 27 Potential Planets Orbiting Binary Star Systems
A new survey using NASA's TESS telescope has identified 27 potential circumbinary planets, which orbit two stars instead of one. Researchers developed a method to detect these planets by monitoring changes in binary star orbits and eclipse schedules. The findings suggest thousand…
rediff.comscience75 days ago
Study Identifies 45 Rocky Exoplanets Potentially Capable of Supporting Life
An international research team has pinpointed 45 rocky exoplanets in the Milky Way that could sustain life, based on habitable zone analysis. The findings, published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, draw from data by the European Space Agency and NASA. Re…
NRAO/AUI/NSF / Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0)science92 days ago
Study Suggests Rocky Planets Formed from Two Rings Around Young Sun
A new study proposes that the solar system's inner rocky planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars—formed from two distinct rings of material around the young sun, rather than a single protoplanetary disk. The model accounts for the planets' masses, orbits, and compositions. Resear…
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