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Who was Carl Grillmair? The Astrophysist who found water on an exoplanet dies after being fatally shot
The Times of India 22 Feb 2026
He focused on areas such as dark matter, the structure of our galaxy, stellar populations, exoplanets, and the formation and evolution of the Milky Way.He also served as a principal investigator for projects involving the Hubble Space Telescope.
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How Close Is the Nearest Potentially Habitable Exoplanet?
The Economic Times 20 Feb 2026
... over four light-years away, as the closest potentially habitable exoplanet.
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Why don't more Tatooine-like exoplanets exist in our Milky Way galaxy? Astronomers might have an answer
Space 16 Feb 2026
Astronomers may finally understand why planets orbiting two suns, the real-world equivalents of the "Star Wars" planet Tatooine, are so scarce in our galaxy — and it has to do with general relativity ....
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How Rotten Eggs Solved an Exoplanet Mystery
Universe Today 16 Feb 2026
The smell of rotten eggs has solved one of exoplanet science's most persistent mysteries.
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The balloon mission raising the bar for exoplanet science
Phys Dot Org 16 Feb 2026
The atmospheres of exoplanets have been a focal point of the field lately, with the James Webb Space Telescope taking a look at as many as it can manage ... Rehm et al, The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE).
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We’ve Only Seen A Pair Of Eclipsing Exoplanets Once Before – Astronomers Think It’s About To Happen Again
IFL Science 16 Feb 2026
The Kepler-89 system is so far the only other place in the universe where we have seen a planetary alignment, where two exoplanets end up eclipsing each other as they pass in front of their star.
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Study outlines how JWST and Ariel could team up on exoplanet atmospheres
Phys Dot Org 15 Feb 2026
The teams that run the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the upcoming Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey (Ariel) missions will have plenty of opportunity for that once both telescopes are online in the early 2030s.
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A mystery object is dimming a distant star. Could it be a massive exoplanet, or ...
Space 13 Feb 2026
A mysterious object has caused a long-lasting and extreme dimming of a distant star, but is this object a 'failed star' brown dwarf, or an exceptionally massive super-Jupiter exoplanet? ....
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Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first time
SpaceDaily 13 Feb 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026. Hydrogen sulfide is what makes rotten eggs stink.
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Hydrogen sulfide detected in distant gas giant exoplanets for the first time (UCLA - University of California - Los Angeles)
Public Technologies 11 Feb 2026
The new method used to detect the gas will be useful for studying exoplanets far from Earth in clear detail and to eventually identify Earth-like exoplanets ... Xuan said that the research will help the search for Earth-like exoplanets.
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How are gas giant exoplanets born? James Webb Space Telescope provides new clues
Space 10 Feb 2026
Relatedly, astronomers may have just pushed the upper size limit of what counts as a planet ....
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Looking for advanced aliens? Search for exoplanets with large coal deposits
Phys Dot Org 09 Feb 2026
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Third exoplanet detected in the planetary system HD 176986
Phys Dot Org 09 Feb 2026
Using HARPS and HARPS-N spectrographs, astronomers have observed a nearby K-type star designated HD 176986, known to host two super-Earth exoplanets ... In 2018, two exoplanets orbiting HD 176986 were discovered.
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