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In some of its most ambitious work yet, the James Webb Space Telescope looked to spot a planet in a potentially habitable ...

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Researchers may have discovered a gas giant orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A, and it appears to be in the star's habitable ...

One of the brightest stars in the night sky seems to be orbited by a planet like Jupiter. The news is sure to cheer fans of the Avatar series, which centers on a moon that orbits a fictional gas giant ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has discovered evidence of a giant planet orbiting a star in the solar system closest to ...

Alpha Centauri A, four light-years from Earth, may host a gas giant. If confirmed, no Earthlike planets orbit in the star’s habitable zone.

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The other is made up of gas giants. This pattern suggests something deep about how planets form. The study, led by scientists in China, Korea, and the U.S., was published in the journal Science.

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