exoplanet
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See Webb Telescope’s First Images of an Exoplanet
There it is, in four different bands of the infrared spectrum: the gas giant HIP 65426b, the first exoplanet directly imaged by the Webb Space Telescope.
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Astronomers Spot Some Familiar-Looking Comets Around a Distant Star
A team of astronomers looking at a distant star system found 30 exocomets that look remarkably like the comets around our own local star. Down the line, more data from these comets could provide clues as to how water arrived on Earth.
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Physicists Defy Haters, Create Tetragonal Ice
A team of physicists recently discovered a new phase of water ice, after they put ordinary ice under extraordinarily high pressure and melted it before letting it refreeze. The previously unknown phase — called Ice-VIIt — is organised differently from typical water ice. It doesn’t occur naturally on Earth’s surface, but it may exist in…
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Astronomers Spot an Exoplanet Shaped Like a Football
A team of astronomers studying distant exoplanets found one that seems to be shaped like a football — or a rugby ball, depending on your frame of reference — rather than the usual sphere. The team suspects the planet’s shape is caused by the intense tidal forces of its host star.