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Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

GJ 1214 b, nicknamed Enaiposha, is a planet discovered 47 light-years away that has been reclassified from a mini-Neptune to ...

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Astronomers finally spotted evidence of auroras on Neptune after years of searching, raising new questions about the planet.

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.