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Astronomers Confirm Discovery of 128 New Moons Orbiting Saturn

Webb Telescope Captures Unprecedented Detail of Protoplanetary Disk HH 30

Astronomers Detect Record-Breaking Supersonic Winds on Exoplanet WASP-127b

Discovery of WASP-132 System Challenges Hot Jupiter Isolation Theory

New 'Kiss and Capture' Theory Explains Pluto and Charon's Formation

Pluto and Charon's Formation Explained by 'Kiss and Capture' Collision

Saturn’s Rings May Be as Old as the Planet, Study Suggests

NASA's Juno Mission Solves Io's Volcanic Mystery

Study Explores Potential for Rogue Planets to Join Solar System

Astronomers Discover Youngest Known Transiting Planet at 3 Million Years Old

Astronomers Discover Youngest Transiting Exoplanet Ever Observed

New Theory Proposes Mars' Moons Formed from Shredded Asteroid

Chang’e-6 Mission Unveils New Insights into Moon's Volcanic Past

Vega's Smooth Disk Challenges Planet Formation Theories

Webb Telescope Reveals Mysterious Gas Jets from Centaur 29P

NASA's James Webb Telescope Finds Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide on Pluto's Moon Charon

New Kuiper Belt Discoveries Challenge Solar System Formation Theories

India's Rover Discovers Evidence of Ancient Lunar Magma Ocean

NASA's James Webb Telescope Captures Closest Super-Jupiter Exoplanet

Astronomers Discover Exoplanet with Most Eccentric Orbit Yet

James Webb Telescope Unveils Rotten Egg Stench on Nearby Exoplanet

James Webb Telescope Uncovers Asteroid Collision in Beta Pictoris

NASA's Lucy Discovers Complex History of Asteroid Dinkinesh and Its Binary Moon Selam

Astronomers Discover Giant Exoplanet with Cotton Candy-Like Density

James Webb Telescope Discovers Organic Molecules in Space

JWST Observes Key Phase in Planetary Formation

Astronomers Reveal Diverse Planet Formation Processes in Groundbreaking Survey

NASA's New Horizons Reveals Kuiper Belt's Vast Extension

Gas Giants May Initially Form as Flattened Shapes, New Study Suggests

NASA Discovers Young Earth-Sized Exoplanet with Lava Hemisphere

Planet Halla Defies Death, Survives Star’s Expansion