Something is hiding inside Kepler-51d, and it’s doing a remarkably good job of it. About 2,615 light-years away in the ...
Kepler-51d is a giant, ultra-light “super-puff” planet wrapped in an unusually thick haze that’s blocking scientists from ...
Astronomers are baffled by Kepler-51’s “super-puff” planets—giant worlds as light as cotton candy. Despite expectations, the James Webb Space Telescope failed to detect their atmospheric signatures, ...
A newly published study suggests that a dense haze surrounding the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d may be concealing both its composition and how it formed. Researchers led by Penn State used NASA ...
Why are “super-puff” exoplanets so intriguing? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal hopes to ...
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken the deepest look yet at Kepler-51d, an ultra-low-density exoplanet sometimes ...
A thick layer of haze around the ultra-low-density planet Kepler-51d likely obscures not only the strange planet's ...
Kepler-51 is a young G-dwarf star hosting three super-puffs and one low-mass non-transiting exoplanet. Kepler-51d, the ...
A bizarre, ultra-light planet is cloaked in such a thick haze that even JWST can’t reveal its composition. Its unusual size ...