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Kepler exoplanet
News Exoplanets
A space rock collision may explain how this exoplanet was born
Simulations suggest a planet roughly 2,000 light-years away formed when two space rocks collided, supporting the idea that such events are universal.
By Jeremy Rehm | 1:40pm, February 04, 2019
exomoon illustration
News in Brief | Exoplanets
The first suspected exomoon may remain hidden for another decade
By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, January 15, 2019
TESS telescope
News | Exoplanets
Less than a year after launch, TESS is already finding bizarre worlds
By Lisa Grossman | 4:13pm, January 08, 2019
cosmic microwave
News | Exoplanets
Hints of Oort clouds around other stars may lurk in the universe’s first light
By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, November 09, 2018
Kepler telescope illustration
News | Exoplanets
The planet-hunting Kepler space telescope is dead
By Lisa Grossman | 5:11pm, October 30, 2018
Neptomoon
News | Exoplanets
Hubble may have spotted the first known exomoon
By Lisa Grossman | 2:00pm, October 03, 2018
southern sky
News in Brief | Exoplanets
The TESS space telescope has spotted its first exoplanet
By Lisa Grossman | 5:23pm, September 18, 2018
solar flare illustration
News | Exoplanets
Astronomers saw the first mass eruption from a star that’s not the sun
By Lisa Grossman | 9:00am, August 07, 2018
light wavelengths
News | Exoplanets
Next to its solar twins, the sun stands out
By Lisa Grossman | 12:00pm, August 03, 2018
exoplanet
News in Brief | Exoplanets
Astronomers snap the first baby pictures of a planet
By Maria Temming | 3:24pm, July 02, 2018
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