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New research from Rice University shows that Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, played a major role in shaping ...

For the study, the researchers made several remarkable and new discoveries: the two M-type stars that comprise the binary ...

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A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...

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A new study suggests mysterious water worlds may be manufacturing their own oceans through chemical reactions deep within ...