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Astronomers have discovered a bizarre carbon-rich planet orbiting a neutron star, PSR J2322-2650b, with soot clouds and ...

SANTA CRUZ — Xi Zhang, a professor of Earth and planetary science at UC Santa Cruz, has discovered that an exoplanet classed ...

Scientists using the James Webb telescope observed a distant exoplanet with an atmosphere of soot and diamonds, challenging ...

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Piette said an atmosphere would allow gases like water vapor to absorb some wavelengths of light, keeping the telescope's ...

An ancient rocky world so close to its star that its surface is largely molten should have been stripped bare of gas long ago ...

In astronomy, there is a concept called "degeneracy." It has nothing to do with delinquent people, but instead is used to ...

Astronomers have discovered a carbon-rich exoplanet with a bizarre atmosphere and shape, orbiting a neutron star under extreme conditions that challenge current models of planetary formation. Scientis ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.