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exoplanets

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Rogues’ Gallery Comes in Pairs

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 31 October 202331 October 2023

A new trove of free-floating planets, smaller and paired up more than expected, challenges stellar and planet formation models.

Representación artística de un criovolcán en erupción en Tritón, luna de Neptuno
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La canción de hielo y fuego del criovulcanismo

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 16 October 202316 October 2023

Las lunas oceánicas del sistema solar exterior nos dan pistas sobre volcanes de hielo, fuentes hidrotermales, y la tentadora posibilidad de habitabilidad.

An artist’s depiction of a cryovolcano is erupting on Neptune’s moon Triton.
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Cryovolcanism’s Song of Ice and Fire

Erik Klemetti, Science Writer by Erik Klemetti 25 September 202316 October 2023

Ocean moons of the outer solar system hint at ice volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, and the tantalizing chance of habitability.

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Astronomers May Have Spotted the Birth of a Planet

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 29 August 202329 August 2023

Lumps of dust are spiraling around a young star 5,000 light-years away. They could be Jupiter-like planets in the making.

View of Jupiter’s moon Europa, with textured areas colored white, blue, tan, brown, and copper
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Subsurface Oceans Could Boost Exoplanet Habitability

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 14 August 202314 August 2023

Researchers have shown that oceans buried below layers of ice are more common than previously thought.

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A Planet Is Dramatically Losing Its Atmosphere

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 July 202324 July 2023

Helium that was once part of the atmosphere of the extrasolar planet HAT-P-32b is being ripped away and forming two giant streamers of gas several million kilometers long.

Artist’s impression of LP 791-18 d, an exoplanet heated by tides
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Nearby Volcano Planet Likely Fueled by Tidal Heating

Javier Barbuzano, Science Writer by Javier Barbuzano 22 June 202322 June 2023

A gravitational dance between a newly discovered exoplanet and its host star may be driving extreme volcanism on its surface.

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Rocky Exoplanet May Have Magnetic Field

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 10 May 202310 May 2023

Magnetic interactions between stellar wind and the planet likely caused extrasolar space weather.

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Exoplanets May Support Life in the Terminator Zone

by Alakananda Dasgupta 28 April 202328 April 2023

A new study finds that the intersection between a searing dayside and a freezing nightside could be habitable.

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Hydrogen May Push Some Exoplanets off a Cliff

by Julie Nováková 10 April 202310 April 2023

High-pressure reactions of hydrogen and iron could explain gaps in the distribution of exoplanets.

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