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Mars may look barren today, but beneath its dusty surface, scientists are uncovering clues that tell a very different story.

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A team of astronomers led by Elisabeth Matthews at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a discovery that highlights the limits of most current models of exoplanet atmospheres: ...

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A planet with a mass almost seven times greater than Jupiter exists at a distance of 12 light-years and contains unexpected ...

Astronomers have identified something surprising on a distant gas giant: water ice clouds. The discovery was made by a team led by Elisabeth Matthews ...

An unexpected guest has made its way into our Solar System. It’s an interstellar object, an ISO. And it’s tumbling through ...

New observations: Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to study the atmosphere of a massive Jupiter-analogue.

A powerful new space telescope could expose dark energy, map billions of galaxies, and uncover alien worlds at an ...