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    ARCHIVED NASA Exoplanets
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    Jun 20, 2025
    As of today, this account is officially archived. Follow us on @NASAUniverse for all future exoplanet updates. See you there!
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    Aug 21, 2022
    The misconception that there is no sound in space originates because most space is a ~vacuum, providing no way for sound waves to travel. A galaxy cluster has so much gas that we've picked up actual sound. Here it's amplified, and mixed with other data, to hear a black hole!
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    Sep 1, 2022
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    Nov 24, 2022
    On this day, we are thankful for the little white dot just below Saturn's rings. That's us! (You look great, btw,.) Seen from a billion miles away, Earth shines bright. Happy Thanksgiving, friends. We're glad you're here.
    An image taken from the Saturnian system shows the ringed planet in the foreground and in the dark blue space Earth is a bright dot just below the beautiful rings.
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    Dec 25, 2022
    There is an exoplanet less reflective than coal. It's the darkest planet ever discovered orbiting a star, and its atmosphere is hotter than lava! It would incinerate any stocking it found itself in. Happy holidays from your exoplanet friends! go.nasa.gov/3hIGMB3
    An illustration shows a jet black planet barely visible in the dark of space. There is a slight reddish glow of red emanating from deep within.
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    Aug 23, 2022
    We've confirmed more than 5,000 planets beyond our solar system. If we add sound for each new world, you can hear the pace of discovery during 30+ years of science. Tones are changed by the planets' distance from their stars. exoplanets.nasa.gov
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    Dec 28, 2022
    We've discovered 5,235 planets beyond our solar system. They are strange new worlds and we love them! Meet some of our favorites: go.nasa.gov/3i0kwTd
    An array of six exoplanets are shown in illustrations in a gallery of Kepler-16b, Kepler-22b, Kepler-7b, Kepler-452b, KELT-9b, and WASP-12b. WASP-12b is egg shaped, while the other planets are round and various colors, like orange, green, brown and cloudy Jupiter.
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    Jan 6, 2023
    Science Alert! Next week, @NASA will be sharing recent discoveries at a science conference. Meanwhile, we'll be sharing the science with *you*! Stay tuned for new planets, @NASAWebb discoveries and more! nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s…
    An image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows dark nebula looking like a flame rising through the center of the image against a turquoise and blue glowing nebula, stars dotted throughout The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a portion of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, which includes such famous nebulae as the Horsehead Nebula and Orion Nebula. This image focuses on the dark, dusty heart of the nebula, where a star cluster resides, mostly hidden from view. Nearby (but not visible in this image) is the bright star Alnitak, the easternmost star in the Belt of Orion. Radiation from Alnitak ionizes the Flame Nebula’s hydrogen gas. As the gas begins to cool from its higher-energy state to a lower-energy state, it emits energy in the form of light, causing the visible glow behind the swirled wisps of dust.
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    Feb 21, 2022
    Tomorrow is the five-year anniversary of the discovery of seven Earth-size planets orbiting a red star known as TRAPPIST-1. What have we learned since, and what might we learn from @NASAWebb? @NASA scientists will answer your #AskNASA questions tomorrow. x.com/i/spaces/1rmGP…
    TRAPPIST-1 Twitter Spaces tomorrow. Tuesday, February 22 at 2pm ET and 11am PT. The words appear on an illustration of colorful exoplanets.
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    Nov 22, 2021
    ⚡️Discovery Alert!🪐 We are adding a whopping 301 exoplanets (worlds beyond our solar system) to the list of confirmed planets! "These 301 discoveries help us better understand planets and solar systems beyond our own, and what makes ours so unique.” go.nasa.gov/3qUOrhM
    An illustration showing many different types of exoplanets discovered so far, from giant to much smaller.
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    Jan 10, 2023
    Discovery Alert 📣 A second Earth-sized planet is found lurking in a nearby star’s habitable zone. It joins three other planets in a red dwarf system 100 light-years away in the Southern constellation Dorado. go.nasa.gov/3QBCwAk
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    Jul 4, 2020
    For anyone feeling a more introspective #July4th2020, why not gaze at the cosmos with us? Take a minute. We're glad you're here. Deep breaths. We've got this.
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    Jan 7, 2023
    Exoplanet ... or eggs-oplanet? 🥚 Some planets are so close to their stars that they're being pulled and stretched as the stars consume them. WASP-12b is one such doomed world. 🍳 go.nasa.gov/3IvnUjZ
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    Jul 23, 2015
    How does Kepler-452b compare to Earth? #NASABeyond nasa.gov/press-release/…