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Somewhere between the stars, far from any sun, a planet is moving quietly through space. There is no orbit to trace and no ...

Not every large object in space forms part of a solar system. There are some big objects that exist in isolation in space, without either being a star or orbiting one. One of these, SIMP 0136, wanders ...

Astronomers have cataloged thousands of exoplanets, and a pattern keeps showing up: Around most stars, the most common ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope detected an atmosphere on a lava-covered exoplanet, evidence that small planets close to stars ...

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