The haziest planet we've ever seen won't give up its secrets

Something is hiding inside Kepler-51d, and it’s doing a remarkably good job of it. About 2,615 light-years away in the ...

These cotton candy exoplanets hide behind a haze even the James Webb Space Telescope can't penetrate

These worlds are among the least dense ever found, and all attempts to probe their atmospheres have been blocked by a ...
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JWST finds Kepler-51d’s haze keeps its super-puff origins unclear

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken the deepest look yet at Kepler-51d, an ultra-low-density exoplanet sometimes ...
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JWST finds ultra-thick haze shrouding "cotton candy" exoplanet Kepler-51d

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to capture the most detailed look yet at the atmosphere of Kepler-51d, a ...
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Astronomers Find New Planet in Kepler-51 System, Challenging Models of 'Super-Puffs'

How many exoplanets are in the cosmos and what can they tell us about planetary formation and evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to address as an ...
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New planet in Kepler-51 system discovered using James Webb Space Telescope

The unusual system of three “super puff” planets has at least one more planet, revealed by its gravitational tug on other planets An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density ...