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News Articles: exoplanet

This image made available by NASA shows an illustration of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

There are more than 5,000 confirmed planets beyond our solar system, NASA says

These so-called exoplanets include rocky worlds similar in size to Earth, gas giants larger than Jupiter and even"'mini-Neptunes."

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  • Joe Hernandez
The planet-hunting telescope TESS depicted in front of a lava world orbiting a small red star.

Astronomers find a new planet that's mostly made of iron

NASA's TESS telescope finds a small, iron-rich planet which could help explain the origins of Mercury, the innermost planet in our solar system

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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce
This new perspective of Jupiter from the south makes the Great Red Spot appear as though it is in northern territory. This view is unique to Juno.

In Jupiter's swirling Great Red Spot, NASA spacecraft finds hidden depths

NASA's Juno spacecraft sweeps over Jupiter's Great Red Spot and makes a 3D map of the giant storm. The findings could shed light on gas giant exoplanets in distant solar systems.

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  • Brendan Byrne
Technicians work on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which will launch in December. Astronomers say the next big telescope should be designed to search signs of life on planets that orbit distant stars.

Astronomers want NASA to build a giant space telescope to peer at alien Earths

NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says

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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce