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The TESS space telescope has spotted its first exoplanet
TESS’s first exoplanet is twice Earth’s size and may have lots of water.
By Lisa Grossman | 5:23pm, September 18, 2018
Proxima Centauri
News | Exoplanets
Massive stellar flare may have fried Earth’s nearest exoplanet
By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, March 05, 2018
Venus
News | Exoplanets
What will it take to go to Venus?
By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, February 13, 2018
illustration of two inner TRAPPIST-1 planets
News | Exoplanets
Some of TRAPPIST-1’s planets could have life-friendly atmospheres
By Lisa Grossman | 11:00am, February 05, 2018
Kepler 90 system
News | Exoplanets
AI has found an 8-planet system like ours in Kepler data
By Maria Temming | 8:10pm, December 14, 2017
illustration of TRAPPIST-1
Year in Review | Exoplanets
Seven Earth-sized planets entered the spotlight this year
By Lisa Grossman | 8:29am, December 13, 2017
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Hot, rocky exoplanets are the scorched cores of former gas giants
By Lisa Grossman | 1:58pm, October 31, 2017
Feature | Exoplanets
David Kipping seeks new and unexpected worlds
By Lisa Grossman | 1:49pm, October 04, 2017
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News | Exoplanets
Tabby’s star is probably just dusty, and still not an alien megastructure
By Lisa Grossman | 7:00am, August 31, 2017
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Moon had a magnetic field for at least a billion years longer than thought
By Ashley Yeager | 3:07pm, August 09, 2017
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