In search of exo-Neptunes: TOI-421 planetary system reveals inclined orbital architecture

An international team led by the University of Geneva (UNIGE), including scientists from the National Center of Competence in ...
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We've officially found 6,000 exoplanets, NASA says: 'We're entering the next great chapter of exploration'

This brings us to the complexity of NASA's announcement. "Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by ...

In another star system, a Pluto-like world survived until the bitter end

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...

Where are all the 'hot Neptune' exoplanets? Orbital chaos may have booted them out

A new program has discovered chaos in a nearby planetary system, which could explain the existence of a phenomenon ...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope spots white dwarf consuming Pluto-like feature

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has detected a white dwarf star that consumed fragments of a Pluto-like object. Space ...

ATREIDES Project Explores Lost Exo-Neptunes, First Observational System TOI-421 Reveals Chaotic Orbital Structure

What are the physical mechanisms of planetary system formation and evolution? To address this broad question, a team of scientists led by the astronomy department at the University of Geneva decided ...
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NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000

The milestone highlights the accelerating rate of discoveries, just over three decades since the first exoplanets were found.