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What Was the First Planet Discovered With a Telescope?

For hundreds of years, telescopes have allowed us to map the stars and study the great mysteries of the cosmos. Astronomers ...
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Two Merry-go-Round Planets Discovered for the First Time in a System Believed to Have None

Astronomers call it KOI-134, and it's a star located 3,747 light-years away from Earth. Despite the huge distance that separates us, we've known it was there for more than a decade now, ever since the ...
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Webb Telescope Finds Its First Planet, Boosting Search For Earth 2.0

In a landmark achievement, the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered its first exoplanet. About the same mass as Saturn, it was found in a star system about 111 light-years distant. It’s also the ...
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Image of the Day: First Planets Found Around Sun-Like Stars in a Cluster

Astronomers have discovered two gas giant planets orbiting stars in the Beehive cluster, a collection of about 1,000 tightly packed stars. The planets are the first ever found around sun-like stars in ...