Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet -- a planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system -- using a technique known as 'transit timing variation'. In research ...

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Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

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Astronomers now have a powerful new tool to uncover the faintest traces of exoplanets, galactic structures, variable stars, and fleeting cosmic events beyond our solar system. The Prime-focus ...

The planetary system also shares similarities with the outer regions of our solar system. HIP 99770 b receives about as much light as Jupiter, our solar system’s most massive planet, receives from the ...