Exoplanet articles
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NASA's Exoplanet-Hunting Mission TESS Pauses Science Observations—Why?
NASA's TESS has encountered a temporary setback in its scientific observations, as it entered safe mode.
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Exoplanets true to size: New model calculations shows impact of star's brightness and magnetic activity
In the constellation Virgo, 700 light years away from Earth, the planet WASP-39b orbits the star WASP-39. The gas giant, which takes little more than four days to complete one orbit, is one of the best-studied exoplanets. Shortly after its commissioning in July 2022, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turned its high-precision gaze on the distant planet.