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     Astronomers have discovered an Earth-size planet orbiting a red dwarf star, making just the second planetary system seen around one of these tiny, cool, dim, but common, stars.

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2. www.nasa.gov › missions › webbNASA’s Webb Confirms Its First Exoplanet - NASA

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   Jan 11, 2023 · Researchers confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own, clocking in at 99% of Earth’s diameter.

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4. www.space.com › earth-size-planet-speculoos-3bEarth-size planet discovered around cool red dwarf star ...

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   May 15, 2024 · The red dwarf, located some 55 light-years away, is 100 times less bright than the sun and exhibits half the temperature of our star. This new extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is named...

5. www.sciencedaily.com › extrasolar_planetsExtrasolar Planets News -- ScienceDaily

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   May 8, 2024 · May 15, 2024 — Astronomers have just discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet around SPECULOOS-3, an 'ultracool dwarf' star as small as Jupiter, twice as cold as our Sun, and located 55 light ...

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   Apr 13, 2023 · The newly discovered exoplanet, called HIP 99770 b, is about 14 to 16 times the mass of Jupiter and orbits a star that is nearly twice as massive as the Sun. The planetary system also...

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   How many extrasolar planets have been discovered so far?

   • Extrasolar planets are being discovered at a rapid rate—4,531 planets in 3,363 systems (with another 7,798 candidates awaiting confirmation). Of these, 166 have been identified as rocky planets (also known as "Earth-like"), ...

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   How can astronomers detect extrasolar planets?

   • A new instrument on a powerful telescope has enabled astronomers to discover another planet around our nearest stellar neighbor. Gaseous mini-Neptunes may become rocky super-Earths when they lose their atmospheres. Now, astronomers have caught that process in action.

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   What instruments are used to detect extrasolar planets?

   • Sep. 1, 2022 — Astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet is a gas giant, meaning it has no rocky surface and could not ...

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   What is an extrasolar planet?

   • An exoplanet, or extrasolar planet, is a planet outside of our solar system that usually orbits another star in our galaxy. What Is an Exoplanet? Exoplanets – planets outside our solar system – are everywhere. But why do we study them? What makes them so interesting?

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8. cns.utexas.edu › news › researchNew Era of Exoplanet Discovery Begins with Images of ‘Jupiter ...

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   Jun 22, 2023 · The newly imaged planet, AF Lep b (yellow star), has a mass and orbit that make it one of the most Jupiter-like extrasolar planets imaged so far. Illustration credit: Brendan Bowler/University of Texas at Austin. Bowler said the team plans to continue studying AF Lep b.

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