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An artist's illustration of the six newly discovered planets orbiting their star in resonance. Credit: Roger Thibaut (NCCR PlanetS)

In a harmonious rhythm: deciphering the "unsolvable puzzle" of a system with six planets

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An international team of astronomers discovered a system of six planets orbiting the star HD110067 in a unique harmonic resonance
An artist's rendering of the planet 8 Ursae Minoris b - also known as "The Goddess" - within the debris field after a violent merger of two stars. The planet may have survived the merger, but it is also possible that it is an entirely new planet formed from the fragments. Illustration: Kek Observatory/Adam Makarenko

A large planet surprisingly orbits a star that was supposed to destroy it

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The TESS space telescope discovered a planet that survived a merger between two stars as the merged star swelled to become a red giant
Visualization of a planet similar to Earth orbiting a different sun. Image: depositphotos.com

The tripartite venture to locate planets outside the solar system

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In a first-of-its-kind project in space - Tel Aviv University will mediate between the two European Gaia spacecraft and NASA's Tess to enable easier and faster discovery of planets
In our solar system, the ice giants Rahab (Neptune) and Oron (Uranus), their density is very less compared to that of the rocky planets Venus (Venus) and Earth. However, astrophysicists on NASA's TESS mission have now found an extrasolar planet, TOI-849b, that appears to be 40 times more massive than Earth, while having the same density as Earth. The figure depicts the planet UCF-1.01. As TOI-849b, this planet also orbits close to its sun and is a kind of “hot star.” Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

An unusually sized planet may be the remnant of the core of a gas giant

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The TESS space telescope against the backdrop of a hot planet close to its sun. Illustration: NASA GODDARD

The TESS space telescope will be launched - will search for rocky planets in other solar systems

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A planet outside the solar system. Illustration: shutterstock

Closer to home / John Mattson

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Who will win the new space race? Microsoft or Google?

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