The research has been published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature.

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Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...

Gaia-4b, a giant exoplanet orbiting a small star, is the first planet confirmed using Gaia’s astrometric technique.

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The gas giant WASP-121b, also known as Tylos, has an atmospheric structure unlike any we have ever seen, and the fastest ...

"It feels like something out of science fiction," said European Southern Observatory astrophysicist Julia Victoria Seidel.

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The "needle in the haystack" discovery of a powerful explosion from a mysterious unknown object outside our galaxy has ...

Astronomers have unlocked a new way to explore alien worlds by mapping the 3D structure of an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the ...

"If you want to take the stairs and walkways from the entrance of the ELT's dome all the way up to the top, you need about 30 minutes." ...