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Wobbling exoplanet hints at a hidden exomoon so massive it could redefine the word 'moon' altogether

Space 22 Jan 2026
"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here." ....
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Astronomers discover dense super-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star

Phys Dot Org 22 Jan 2026
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an ...
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Amendment 40: Exoplanets Research Program Step-2 Due Date Deferred to February 2, 2026

NASA 22 Jan 2026
The Exoplanets Research Program (XRP), element F.3 of ROSES-25, solicits basic research proposals to conduct scientific investigations that significantly NASA home page.
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AI model that found 370 exoplanets now digs into TESS data

Phys Dot Org 22 Jan 2026
Scientists have discovered over 6,000 planets that orbit stars other than our sun, known as exoplanets.
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ALMA Observes The Missing Link In Exoplanet Formation

Universe Today 21 Jan 2026
This meant that planet formation began around young stars a lot sooner than thought ... .
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How to make a super-Earth: The universe's most common planets are whittled down by stellar radiation

Space 20 Jan 2026
The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick atmospheres ....
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James Webb catches an exoplanet losing its atmosphere in real time

Science Daily 20 Jan 2026
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Strong evidence of life on exoplanet K2-18b turns out to be not so strong after all

Boing Boing 19 Jan 2026
... announced that they had strong evidence that life existed on exoplanet K2-18b, orbiting a star 124 lightyears away.
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Hidden magma oceans could shield rocky exoplanets from harmful radiation

SpaceDaily 19 Jan 2026
Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-earths, oceans of ...
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How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets

Space 19 Jan 2026
Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets ....
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SpaceX Launches New NASA Telescope to Help JWST Study Exoplanets

Slashdot 18 Jan 2026
Last week a University of Arizona astronomy professor "watched anxiously...as an awe-inspiring SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried NASA's new exoplanet telescope, Pandora, into orbit." ... Astronomers have a trick to study exoplanet atmospheres.
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Astronomers Created A 3D Map Of An Exoplanet We Can't See

BGR 16 Jan 2026
There are thousands of known exoplanets, many of which are too dark to directly see, but scientists have made a 3D map by combining multiple imaging techniques ... .
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Two new exoplanets and the need for new habitable zone definitions

Phys Dot Org 15 Jan 2026
At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were ...
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SpaceX Launches NASA's 'Pandora' Exoplanet Mission

Malaysian National News Agency 14 Jan 2026
SpaceX Launches NASA's 'Pandora' Exoplanet Mission ... Transits allow astronomers to characterise known exoplanets, especially their atmospheres.
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Quantum computers could help sharpen images of exoplanets

New Scientist 13 Jan 2026
Combining two kinds of quantum computing devices could be just the trick for taking better images of faint, faraway exoplanets ... .

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