"Every new result can reshape our understanding of planets, their habitability, and our place in this universe." ...

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TOI-1453: Sub-Neptune in System of Two Exoplanets Mar. 14, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super ...

Two planets outside the solar system have been identified orbiting a star located nearly 250 light-years away from Earth in ...