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Recently discovered solar system could seed life between adjacent exoplanets

UChicago researchers use new method of finding atmospheres in distant planets GJ 1132 b

UChicago researchers use new method of finding atmospheres in distant planets

NASA’s Webb telescope peers into the boundary between day and night on a distant world Artist's illustration of the atmosphere of a reddish planet that is half in shadow

NASA’s Webb telescope peers into the boundary between day and night on a distant world

Scientists discover rare 6-planet system that moves in strange synchrony An illustration showing the six new planets circling their star.

Scientists discover rare 6-planet system that moves in strange synchrony

Researchers get first up-close look at mysterious planet’s atmosphere Hazy mini-Neptune composite

Researchers get first up-close look at mysterious planet’s atmosphere

Giant planets can have very different atmospheres, according to NASA’s Webb telescope Hot Jupiter

Giant planets can have very different atmospheres, according to NASA’s Webb telescope

Many planets could have atmospheres rich in helium, study finds Illustration of a large grayish planet with several bands of clouds to left of frame with a distant sun visible to the right

Many planets could have atmospheres rich in helium, study finds

James Webb Space telescope reveals a faraway planet’s band of clouds Exoplanet

James Webb Space telescope reveals a faraway planet’s band of clouds

Student uses NASA data to reveal new details on planets in other solar systems UChicago undergraduate Jared Siegel spent six months finding a way to tease new information out of data that was taken by the NASA space telescope Kepler, which searched for planets around faraway stars.

Student uses NASA data to reveal new details on planets in other solar systems

Surprise finding suggests ‘water worlds’ are more common than we thought Europa's Stunning Surface

Surprise finding suggests ‘water worlds’ are more common than we thought

Scientists announce first detection of carbon dioxide on a faraway planet with James Webb Space Telescope Artist rendering of the first CO2 planet

Scientists announce first detection of carbon dioxide on a faraway planet with James Webb Space Telescope